PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 91 



It is thought by some that the animal's rutting season is marked by 

 the sweating at the back of the head, and by the ejection from the 

 mouth of the palate or skin. This phenomenon, however, takes place 

 at any time when the animal is strongly excited or in anger ; the 

 sweat can be seen also standing between his ears. During the summer 

 a wounded camel ought to be at once unloaded and attended to, if not 

 worms will appear in the wound and be very apt to cause the animal to 

 die. To prevent such losses, when circumstances require that the ani- 

 mals be worked the second month of summer, (in Algiers,) it is ad- 

 visable to have one sixth of them spare animals. The annual loss of 

 camels when at work averages twelve per cent. • . 



THE AMTOMY OE THE DROMEDAUY. 



TRAKSLATED 



From the official report of General J. L. Carbuccia, hy Dr. S. A. 

 Engles, United States Navy. 



NECESSITY FOR A SPECIAL EXAMINATION BY A SCIENTIFIC PERSON. 



The anatomy of the dromedary would deserve to be seriously studied 

 by a skillful veterinary surgeon. A report made by a competent per- 

 son would be of great interest to science. 



We will confine ourselves here to recording the observations which 

 we have been able to make during several autopsies. 



COMPARISON OF THE DROMEDARY WITH THE HORSE AND OX. 



In order to give an exact idea of the anatomical organization of the 

 dromedary, we will compare it sometimes to the horse, sometimes to 

 the ox, and even now and then to both those animals at the same time, 

 for it resembles both of them very much. 



SKIN OF THE DROMEDARY. 



The skin of the dromedary is one third thicker than that of the ox. 



LIPS. 



Its upper lip is swollen and splits for 34 millemetres, (about 1.3 

 inches, H. C. W.,) an arrangement necessary for its feeding. 



LARYNX. 



Its larynx contains usually some white worms two centimetres in 

 length and five millimetres in thickness, (about .7 of an inch long by 

 .1 of an inch thick, H. C. W.) 



