Africa, and the two-humped, or Bactrian camel, in Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation] Reference
Bactrian camel - Probably the ancestor of all domestic two-humped camels. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Did I spot a dust cloud on the far side of one of the humps of the two-humped mountain?. From Wordnik.com. [To Fetch a Thief] Reference
On several occasions they saw large caravans in the distance with strange two-humped camels. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
A worldwide attraction, the two-humped hillock is today buried amidst a multitude of crosses. From Wordnik.com. [The Hill of Crosses] Reference
An unmanned spy plane hovered over a low, two-humped ridge, just over half a mile from the outpost. From Wordnik.com. [After U.S. Air Strike,] Reference
I have noticed the two-humped Bactrian camel which the Syrians and Egyptians compare with an elephant. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Their baggage was borne by a long train of their two-humped camels, long-bodied and thick-legged, shaggy, built for endurance. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
The frame of mind on both sides of politics regarding Sir Thomas is not unlike that of the farmer who saw a two-humped camel for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
One red brown and one-humped, packed with a seemingly huge load which in reality it hardly felt, and two Bactrian or two-humped, pacing dromedaries of. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
The actual distribution looks more like a two-humped camel, with peaks at about 6 and 11 hurricanes/year … which inspires me to go calculate … hang on a second …. From Wordnik.com. [Bender's Plot of Hurricane Count « Climate Audit] Reference
In one race in Uzbekistan, riders chase each other for 310 miles from Khiva to Bukhara, across the Kyzyl-Kum, a desert populated by wild boar, two-humped camels and giant lizards. From Wordnik.com. [Pony Express] Reference
It is longer than the others, but is practicable for near half the year, and can be traversed by horses and two-humped camels instead of yaks and ponies, as at the western crossings. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Men led elephants away; others came with the two-humped dromedaries, and after them the striped zebra trotted, showing something like temper because his spell of liberty had been so short. From Wordnik.com. [Chums of the Camp Fire] Reference
She has, up to to-night, known no rider but me, and is used only for short journeys of about seven days; you see these two-humped beasts can only go three days with comfort without a drink, but their pace is so smooth that it almost induces one to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
There are one-humped camels and two-humped camels. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A two-humped range of hills now loomed before us to the north-west. From Wordnik.com. [Across Unknown South America] Reference
Among their domestic animals are also the two-humped camel and a small, hardy, strongly built horse. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
The Bactrian or two-humped camel, though known to the ancient Assyrians, is not now found in the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
For Camel Rock, take the same exit and drive a mile or so up Scenic Drive until you see the giant two-humped rock in the water. From Wordnik.com. [North Coast Journal Comments] Reference
The two-humped camel is never seen in Arabia except with northern caravans, and to speak of it would be a sore test of Badawi credulity. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
IDEAL AGE School-age children will love riding two-humped camels, while older kids raft the Upper Indus, one of the great rivers of India. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The two-humped camel belonged to Bactria, where he was probably indigenous, but was widely spread over the Empire, on account of his great strength and powers of endurance. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
In the north of China, Mongolian ponies, splendid mules, and donkeys are seen in large quantities; also the two-humped camel, which carries heavy loads across the plains of Mongolia. From Wordnik.com. [The Civilization of China] Reference
They were applauding her simply because she is a one-woman Silicon Valley, a walking dumbbells, not so much a female body as a boa constrictor who has just swallowed a two-humped camel. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
But what gave me great satisfaction was to note over these trees to the eastward a two-humped mountain, not more than six or seven miles distant -- the very one I had mislaid the day before. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver of Mars] Reference
"Hajín" is the dromedary (in Egypt, "Dalúl" in Arabia), not the one - humped camel of the zoologist (C. dromedarius) as opposed to the two-humped (C. Bactrianus), but a running i.e. a riding camel. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
We drove for a while, back in the direction we’d come from, away from Dos Jorobas, that two-humped mountain. From Wordnik.com. [To Fetch a Thief] Reference
"It was a general idea, I know -- I had it myself -- that there were two-humped camels, mighty pleasant to ride. From Wordnik.com. [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference
"Your way is easy, friend, as long as you keep to the straight path and have yonder two-humped mountain in front. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver of Mars] Reference
There’s a reference to the “rear hump” of a camel – two-humped Bactrian camels are only found in Asia; in Arabia, they have one-humped Dromedaries. From Wordnik.com. [The first readings & watchings of 2010 « It Doesn't Have To Be Right…] Reference
“Dalúl” in Arabia), not the one-humped camel of the zoologist (C. dromedarius) as opposed to the two-humped (C. Bactrianus), but a running i.e. a riding camel. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
(2) Bechete (= Bukhti) the two-humped Bactrian before mentioned and, (3) the Raguahill (Rahíl) small dromedaries unfit for burden but able to cover a hundred miles in a day. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
(2) Bechete (= Bukhti) the two-humped. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
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