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CAMELS.
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presence of one or more large bunches or humps of fatty substance on the back, giving an uncouth and even grotesque appearance to them, in the estimation of such as are not familiar with them. But, bearing in mind that these animals are intended to be the beasts of burden in immense

CAMEL IN SAND-STORM.
CAMEL IN SAND-STORM.

CAMEL IN SAND-STORM.

sandy deserts, where for hundreds of miles there is neither vegetation nor water, we perceive in their strange structure but another admirable instance of the wisdom of God, "wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working." "The problem being proposed to construct an animated ma-