[25] Brande, “Dictionary of Art and Science,” art. Camel.
[26] Madame de Hell, “Voyage aux Steppes de la Mer Caspienne,” tome Ier.
[27] Class I., Mammalia: Order III., Carnaria; Order V., Rodentia; Order IX., Ruminantia.
[28] Also called the Musmon (Ovis Musmon).
[29] This rod, or whip, is furnished with a long cord terminating in a slip-knot, something like a lasso. With this instrument the Tartars seize and carry away the horses and wild asses, and, as we see in the Engraving, capture wolves alive, and satisfy their hatred against these unfortunate beasts, less ferocious, assuredly, than the Tartars themselves.
[30] Huc, “Souvenirs d’un Voyage dans la Tartarie, la Thibet, et la Chine,” tome 1er.
[31] Bishop Mant, “British Months.”
[32] Atkinson, “Oriental and Western Siberia,” pp. 463-465.
[33] Humboldt, “Ansichten der Natur,” vol. i.
[34] Prof. Max Müller, “Lectures on the Science of Language,” 2nd Series, p. 309.