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CAM the week only on bread and water. These constitutions were, however, a little moderated some time afterwards. This hermitage is now accounted very rich.

CAMARA, in botany. See.

CAMARANA, an island of Arabia in the Red sea, situated in 15° N. lat.

CAMBAIA, a city of the province of Cambaia, or Guzarat, in the higher peninsula of India: it is a very large city, and had once a great trade, now removed to Surat: E. long. 72°, and N. lat. 23° 30'.

CAMAYES, in commerce, cotton linens made at Bengal, at Medras, and some other places on the coast of Coromandel.

CAMBER-beam, among builders, a piece of timber in an edifice, cut archwise, or with an obtuse angle in the middle, commonly used in platforms, as church-leads, and on other occasions where long and strong beams are required.

CAMBLET, or, a plain stuff, composed of warp and woof, which is manufactured on a loom, with two treddles, as linens and flannels are.

There are camblets of several sorts, some of goat's hair, both in the warp and woof; others, in which the warp is of hair, and the woof half hair and half silk; others again, in which both the warp and the woof are of wool; and lastly, some of which the warp is of wool and the woof of thread. Some are dyed in thread, others are dyed in the piece, others are marked or mixed; some are stripped, some weaved or watered, and some figured.

Camblets are proper for several uses, according to their different kinds and qualities; some serve to make garments both for men and women; some for bed-curtains; others for household-furniture, &c.

CAMBODIA, the capital of a kingdom of the same name in Indias beyond the Ganges: E. long. 104°, N. lat 12° 20′.

The kingdom of Cambodia extends from 9° to 15° of N. lat. being bounded by the kingdom of Laos on the north, Cochin-china on the east, the Indian ocean on the south, and by the Bay of Siam on the west.

CAMBRAY, a city in the French Netherlands, situated on the river Schelde, near its source: E. long. 3° 15′, and N. lat. 50° 15′,

It is a large and well-built city, considerable for its linen manufacture, especially cambricks, which took their name from hence.

CAMBRICKS, a species of very fine white linen, mode of flax at Cambray.

CAMBRIDGE, the capital of Cambridgeshire, situated upon the river Cam, about fifty-five miles north of London, and sixty north-east of Oxford.

Cambridge is most remarkable on account of its university, which consists of sixteen colleges, wherein are educated about fifteen hundred students. There are fourteen parishes in the town, which is said to contain about six thousand inhabitants.

New, a town of New England, about three miles west of Boston; likewise remarkable for an university, consisting of three colleges: W. long. 70° 4′, and N. lat. 42°.

CAMEL, in zoology. See.

CAMELFORD, a borough-town of Cornwall, about twenty miles west of Launceston: W. long. 5°, and N. lat. 50° 40′.

It sends two members to parliament.

CAMEIJA. in bonny. at genus of the monodelphitt g;lym'lrla cleft. The cult"; is imbricated, and con 1 of many leavet. the anterior of Which are longefl. There is but one (peace. viz. the japonicx. a native of China and Japan.

CAMELOPARDALIS. in zoology. the trivial mm: of: species of eemn. See Cnvus.

CAMELUS, or, in zoology, a genus of qntdrapeds belonging to the order of pecora. The charaflert of the more) no thefe: It bl! no' horns. it has fix foreteeth in the under~jaw; the lanitrii:re Viitlt: Fez. three in the upper. and two in the lower jaw; and there it a "fare in the upper lip; refetnbling the cleft in the lip of a hate. The {pecies are (our. vie. t. The dronedariut.or African camel. (l'lue LIX. 13;. a.) with one bench "of «nuisance on the luck. it in: four enllout fimufieranee: on the fore-legs, and two on the hind once. The hoof. or rather callout thin of their feet. which'll {after thm the hoof: of other an'mdt. enables the Camel to wall: along the fandy paths of warm climate: with greater cafe; by )'icldtng to the rctTure, it it not in fubjnz'l to be injured by {riélivtm Il'he flruflure and conflttution of the cum! ll admirahly adapted to the chant: which produCu them. In Africa Ind Arabia, where this anitml it mol'. frequent. and is employed in carrying all kinds of hurdmt, tier: it great {entity of, water. The cmd has often Itert obl'erredto travel longer than any other creature with out drink. 'l'hit it it enabled to do. front a Gngultr eonflmflion in in liomacht. It is one of the ruminating animals, and has {our flamecht. At the top of the {ccond flonttch. there are {metal {quart holes. which Are the Orifice: of about twenty civitiet or fades. glued between the two membrane: which comrttofe the ubflznce of this flomzclt.' Theft: fucks' are 0 many refervoirs which'tbey fillet-eredd abut-e whzt'finisfia their prefent thirfl. and ferve for'fepplying them tvith water in tong journey: through the dry and faintly define, where wells or river: we feldottt to he met with. Trav'ellert. when much 0 nrefl'ed with drought. etc {untetitttex 'ohll ed to kill their eateds._in order'to hate I {apply ofidn'nk item there refenoirl. The enmel cur-ice Very heav ' burdens, and'traeell long. 'but: with a flow pace. 1th)" hate fometimes been known to travel l'cterfl days without a frdh luppl ofvetet. When fatigued. they lie on their hreA'L:. '{he'Bafl'riantr't. or Baflrian camel (fig. .). ht: two bunches on the back, the hindtttoll of which is by much the 11:53:11. It it a netive of Africa. and it more rarely to he met with than the dromedary. It is also much swifter in its motion. 3. The glama, or South-American camel-sheep, has a smooth skin, and very short hair; it has a bunch or protuberance on the breast, which Rh