 | Mungo Park - 1799 - 520 pages
...and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the Desert, is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the Desert as he passes along. The camel is, therefore, the only beast of burden,... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1807 - 594 pages
...and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the Desert, is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the Desert as he passes along. The camel is, therefore, the 'only beast of burthen... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1813 - 374 pages
...and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the Desert, is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the Desert as he passes along. The camel is, therefore, the only beast of burden employed... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1816 - 576 pages
...and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the Desert, is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the Desert as he passes along. The camel is, therefore, the only beast of burthen... | |
 | Mungo Park - 1825 - 188 pages
...and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the i'atigue of crossing the desert is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the desert, as he passes along. Like the roving Arabs, the Moors frequently remove... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1836 - 824 pages
...endure the fatigue of crossing it : by the conformation of bis stomach, he can carry a supply of water for ten or twelve days ; his broad and yielding foot is well adapted for treading the sand ; his flesh is preferred by the Moors to any other, and the milk is pleasant and... | |
 | James MacQueen - 1840 - 420 pages
...wild boars. " Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the desert is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...days ; his broad and yielding foot is well adapted to a sandy country ; and, by a singular motion of his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1872 - 726 pages
...a Moorish kingdom south of the Sahara, " are enabled by the particular conformation of the stomach to carry a supply of water sufficient for ten or twelve days ;" and Bruce (Travels, 4to, 1790, vol. ip 389) says, " The camel is endowed with power at one watering-place,... | |
 | English explorers - 1875 - 680 pages
...one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the desert is the camel. By the particular con formation of the stomach, he is enabled to carry a supply of...his upper lip, he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the desert as he passes along. The camel is, therefore, the only beast of burden employed... | |
 | Henry Buswell Wetherill - 1914 - 330 pages
...with thirst.' 'Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the desert is the camel. By the particular conformation of the...foot is well adapted for a sandy country, and by a particular motion of his upper lip he picks the smallest leaves from the thorny shrubs of the desert... | |
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Desert, where water is more plentiful are found lions, panthers, elephants, and wild boars. Of domestic animals, the only one that can endure the fatigue of crossing the Desert, is the camel. By the particular conformation of the stomach, he is enabled... 
