. The Saturday magazine . The Camei, The Camel and the Dromedary are different speciesof the same genus; the one, the Camel, being fur-nished with two hunches, and the other possessinghut one. The species with two hunches is called theBactrian Camel, and is much larger, stouter, andshorter on its legs than the other. Its native country appears to be the warmer portion of Asia, where itis used, principally, as a beast of burden, and it is said,that some of these animals are siifficiently powerfulto carry as much as from ten to twelve The Dr, The Dromedary, as may be seen by the
. The Saturday magazine . The Camei, The Camel and the Dromedary are different speciesof the same genus; the one, the Camel, being fur-nished with two hunches, and the other possessinghut one. The species with two hunches is called theBactrian Camel, and is much larger, stouter, andshorter on its legs than the other. Its native country appears to be the warmer portion of Asia, where itis used, principally, as a beast of burden, and it is said,that some of these animals are siifficiently powerfulto carry as much as from ten to twelve The Dr, The Dromedary, as may be seen by the engraving,is more graceful in its form ; its legs are longer, andit is much swifter in its movements than the is spread also over a larger tract of country, beingfound throughout the whole of Arabia, and all thenorthern and central portions of Africa. It is morecompletely than any other creature a domesticatedanimal, and has never yet been found in a wild name given to it by the wandering Arab is finelyindicative of its qualities; it is called the Ship ofthe Desert. To have some idea of the value of the Camel to theinhabitants of those countries in which it is found,we have but to consider the useful and necessarypurposes to which, in our more temperate climate,the horse is applied; the loss of that valuable crea-ture would be severely felt, but it would be triflingwhen compared to that of the natives of Africa orArabia, if depri\ed of the senices of the Camel. The Arab of the Desert is indebted to it for food omedary. an
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