sandy ocean. With the milk, the Arab is furnished with a nutritious antidote to most of the disorders incidental to the climate; their flesh is esteemed in taste and digestive quality, equal to that of any ofour domestic animals; his tallow brightens the evening gloom, and cheers the domestic circle; his tendons are twisted into excellent cords, and even his very ordure is converted into fuel, and used for other purposes. But last, though not least of the useful properties of the camel, is the fineness of his hair, from which are fabricated those shawls, so eagerly sought after in all parts of the world, and which for texture and elegance far exceed any thing that can be fabricated from any other materials, and which grace the shoulders of the fashionable belles throughout Europe. Such is the camel—and we do not hesitate to say, that no other animal ever created, supplies, in such variety, the wants of man.