CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



PAPERS RELATING TO THE SECOND EXPEDITION FOR CAMELS AND DROME- 

 DARIES. 



Page. 

 Letter of Secretary of War to Lieutenant D. D. Porter, U. S. N., (instructions,) 



June 26, 1856 188 



Letter of Quartermaster General to Lieutenant D. D. Porter, U.S.N., July 14, 1856 188 



Letter of Lieutenant Porter, V. S. N., to Secretary of War, September 11, 1856 — 190 



Letter of Secretary of War to Lieutenant Porter, U. S. N., October 8, 1856 192 



Letter of Lieutenant Porter, U. S. N., to Secretary of War, November U, 1856... 192 



Letter of Secretary of War to Major Wayne, December 13, 1856 193 



Letter of Lieutenant Porter to Secretary of War, December 3, 1856 193 



Letter of Major Wayne to Secretary of War, January 4, 1857 - 194 



Letter of Lieutenant Porter to Secretary of War, (extract,) January 30, 1857 195 



Letter of Major Wayne to Quartermaster General, February 12, 1857 195 



Letter of Major Wayne to Secretary of War, February 21, 1857, enclosing state- 

 ments from Captain J. N. Palmer and Assistant Surgeon Joseph R. Smith, 



in connexion with acclimation of camels 197 



Ivetter of Captain W. K. Van Bokkelen, February 10, 1857, announcing safe land- 

 ing of second cargo of camels -. 200' 



PART III. 



I'HE ZEMBOUREKS, OR THE DROMEDARY FIELD ARTILLERY OF THE PERSIAN 



ARMY. 



Page. 

 By Celonel F. Colombari, Grand Officer of the Order of the Lion and Sun, of Persia, 

 decorated with several other orders, and member of the Geographical So- 

 ciety. Extracted from the " Spedateur MilUmre," 1853. Translated by Brevet 

 Major H. C. Wayne, U. S. A., 1854 201 



