46 PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 



one of those purchased pregnant dropped a little one, which is doin^ 

 well. Some of the females have been also impregnated since pur- 

 chase, with the hope that they will produce next winter. 



Lieutenant Porter is sanguine of transporting all these animals 

 safely to Texas, and it would give us both pleasure, should your pub- 

 lic duties permit it, to land them in the United States in your pres- 

 ence, if we are successful, or to explain, satisfactorily, the causes of 

 failure, should we be so unfortunate as to be disappointed in our 

 anticipations. 



With much respect, sir, your obedient servant, 



HENRY C. WAYNE, 

 3Iajor United States Army. 

 Hon. Jefferson Davis, 



Secretary of War, Wasliington City. 



P. S. — Enclosed is a copy of our acknowledgment to Mr. E. De 

 Leon, consul general in Egypt, for the six dromedaries presented by 

 the viceroy. 



United States Ship Supply,, 

 Alexandria, Egypt, January 21, 1856. 



My Dear Sir : We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt on 

 board of this vessel of the six dromedaries presented by his highness 

 the viceroy of Egypt, through you, to the ^government of the United 

 States. 



At the same time, my dear sir, we take the opportunity to thank 

 you for the interest you have manifested in our mission, and for the 

 services you have rendered it. 



With much respect, we are your obedient servants, 



HENRY C. WAYNE, 

 Major United States Army. 

 DAVID D. PORTER. 

 Edwin De Leon, 



United States Consul General, Alexandria. 



Smyrna, February 8, 1856. 



Sir : On the 2d instant another Bactrian camel (male) was brought 

 to us from the interior, which I also purchased, to insure, as far as 

 possible, the arrival of one of these animals in the United States. 

 With the aid of Mr. Heap, whose energy in the duty that I assigned 

 to him here, and whose knowledge of the east, its languages, manners, 

 and customs, from long residence in it, have been of the greatest ser- 

 vice to me, I have now procured as many camels as Lieutenant Porter 

 says he can conveniently transport, and the material necessary for 



