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Rh In the Eatern territories, there is no beat more uful than the camel, either for burden or dipatch: ome of them will carry a thouand weight, and travel, at leat, even or eight miles an hour: they have no teeth, except in the lower jaw, and one bunch on the back: none of the brute creation, of uch a bulk, les voracious than this creature. They lie down on their bellies to receive their loads, and are always governed by the voice of the driver, who could never mend their pace, by beating them. They are naturally fearful, and extremely patient under fatigue.

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