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upon civilization, to carry on commerce, and to facilitate communi- 

 cation. 



Begging you to accept, Greneral, the assurances of my high consid- 

 eration, I am, with much respect, your obedient servant, 



HENRY C. WAYNE, 

 , 3Iajor United States Army. 

 General E. Daumas, 



Conseiller d'etat, General de Division, 



Directeur des Affaires de V Algerie, Paris. 



Paris, July 13, 1855. 



General : I have again to acknowledge your kindness and to thank 

 you for the pamphlets on the " Camel " and the " Horse for Military 

 Service," (Cheval de Guerre.) The subjects are both of much interest 

 to me, and the latter concerns all military men as of vital importance 

 to the efficiency of an army. 



The experiments of France in the breeding and training of horses 

 for her cavalry service have been watched in the United States with 

 interest, and anything in relation to the subject is received by us with 

 eagerness, as we are making exertions to introduce into our country a 

 thorough cavalry system. The useful information contained in your 

 pamphlets will aid me in my studies, and it will give me great pleas- 

 ure to communicate it to my government. Accept, General, the 

 assurances of my high consideration. 



HENRY C. WAYNE, 



Major U. S. Army. 



General E. Daumas, &c., dc, &c., Paris. 



United States Storeship Supply, 

 Off the Goletta, Gidf of Tunis, August 10, 1855. 



Sir : On the evening of the 25th July we left Spezzia for Naples, 

 (the cholera at Leghorn closing that port against us,) as Lieutenant 

 Porter desired to procure funds for his ship's expenses, and as we 

 were led to believe that we could procure there, on better terms than 

 at any other port in the Mediterranean, such coin as would be gen- 

 erally current in the east. On our arrival, however, on the 28th 

 July, we found the state of the market to be the reverse of our infor- 

 mation, and after conversing with Mr. Owen, our charge d'affaires, we 

 determined to postpone our money arrangements until we had made 

 inquiries at Malta. Leaving Naples on the evening after, (30th July,) 

 we stretched over to Tunis, where Lieutenant Porter and myself had 

 determined to procure a camel for the purpose of studying the animal 

 and its management on shipboard^ and droiDped anchor off the Go- 



