China. A camel will carry from 100 to 1200 pounds weight. The dromedary differs only in the single tuft or rump from the camel....their nature and uses are the same. The Lama of South America is of this species, and though not much larger than a full grown deer, is employed as a beast of burden on the Andes. 2. You have mentioned the deer, let me have some account thereof? A. I select the fallow deer, as one of the most beautiful of the kind. It differs from the stag only in size and the shape of the horns, which are smaller, and are shed annually. They are easily tamed. The varieties of the deer kind are numerous; but the most worthy of note is the Elk, the largest of the kind, which abounds on our continent, and is frequent in Canada. The rein deer, moose, antelope, ibex, tibet, are all of this species.... 2. Give me some account of the white bear and panther? A. The white or polar bear, differs from the brown bear of our woods, as well in its length of head and neck, as by growing to double the size; some of them are thirteen feet long.... Their limbs are of great size and strength; their hair long, harsh, and disagreeable to the touch, and of a yellowish white color; their ears short and rounded, teeth large; they inhabit the coldest parts of the globe, having been found in 80 deg. north latitude. They are often seen on those masses of ice which separate from the continents of the north, and are drifted southwardly; but are seldom met on |