Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-19
TIE CAlkEL.

The CAMEL.
a Philadelphia gentleman, who spent
many wears ofhis life in africa, has formed
the design Of carrying a number OF Camels
iato9 the Southern states by way CT introduce
ing the breed. He means to employ two
vessels to bringthem from the Mediterrane-
an, which will consequently occasion him
much expence. That he will meetthe sup
port and patronage OF the wealthy and in
teliigent planters Of the South cannot be
doubted.
The Camel is she most useful to man of
all quadrupeds. II. possesses the celerity
Of the horse, and can perform as much Ia
bour as the elephant, whilst he consumes on
" one-twentieth Of the quantity OF food on
which the latter subsists. The female af-
tords milk longer than the COW tn Young
| camel's flesh issswlao' esome and paiatable !;
and the hair Of this animal is finer and more
valuable than the best sheep wool. Agreat,
author is of opinion, that he is equal m va
lue and service to fihe.horse, the ass, the OK,
! with their powers combined. A camel will
carry a burthen Of from G to 1900 weight.
His capacity to undergo fatigae. is astonlsll-
ine hist his food consists OF the. most
worthless vegetables, brambles, thorns, &c.
and from the particular structure OF his sto-
| mach he c~ansurvive without water for many
days. He begins to labor at four and lives
40 or SO years.
1t is supposed that he will thrive in the
southern divisions Of our union, where his.
| properties, adapted to the nature OF the eli
| mate and country, will certainly render him
invaluable. His hair, being annually re-
| newed, will afford a material for manutac-
| turess highly desirable, and Of more value
| than Mer1no wool.
The uncertainty whether the climate, 70
which it is proposed to carry-hlm, will be
found to agree with his habits and health,
! taken into view with the ~expenceof the an
| dertaking, might well have deferred any IN
dividual from hazardlng his own resources (;
whilst the public beneftto be derived might
have induced the state legislatures to lay the
burthen upon their treasures. The l%ndivldu-
al to whom we allude possesses both a solid
Judgment and an enterprizing spirit; and
he will not, we believe, retard the expert
ment glt such a resource can be opened to
him. The. liberality of the public, which
has attended the attempt to. Introduce the
Merino sheep, may, in the mean time, serve
as an encouragement to expect the inter
vention Of adequate assistance, should It
prove necessary. {N0rh american.
K1sesroN. (1am.) AbrYA.
We feel much satisfaction in stating that
the conduct Of the hon. house OF assembly,
of this island, respecting the fort Augusta
mutiny, has been approved of b.. the Br-
fish ministry, and their privileges which
they always maintained inyiolate, have not
on this occasion been attempted to be deni-
ed. It is agreed that they have full power
to call all officers, beth civil and military be-
fore the bar, with the exception of the
kings representative, or the privy council:
and to cause to be brought before them,
whatever papers or documents they may
deem proper. His grace the governor we
understand is also instructed TO adopt con-
c~iliatory measures towards the legislature.
We understand that rear admiral SIR A.
iexander Cochrane, is to be superseded on
the Leeward Island station in une next, by
re~ar-adrnirai sir Samuel Hood.