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similar to the ergot of the horse; this is natural, since it, as well as 

 the hump, are found in the abortions. 



Under the sternum is found a fatty tissue of fifteen millemitres 

 (about .5 of an inch, H. C. W.) in thickness. As to the six other 

 callosities, they are only the results of the thickening of the skin 

 produced by the friction of those parts, for underneath them the 

 flesh exists. 



SOLE OF THE FEET. 



The sole of the feet is a true, polished horn, only slightly hard. 

 Underneath it is also a fatty cushion, denser and more bulky than that 

 which exists in other animals ; that sole connects, nearly to their ex- 

 tremities_, the two toes. It is especially in consequence of the dispro- 

 portion between its legs and its feet that the dromedary appears so 

 deformed. 



Note. — The reductions from centimetres and millemetres are, throughout, to inches and 

 tenths of inches, English. H. C. W. 



Powder Horn, 

 Three miles heloiv Indianola, Blay 1, 1856. 



Sir : I have the honor to report my arrival oif this bar, with the 

 camels, on the afternoon of the 29th, at A\ p. m., and the anchoring 

 of the Supply about 8 miles from the bar. Yesterday the sea was too 

 rough to communicate with the shore, but this morning the Fashion 

 came off to us. On account of the swell no lightering could be done 

 to-day, so I am ashore to see what arrangements have been made and 

 what more were necessary for the safe landing of the animals. 

 Everything is now complete, if the sea, which is said to be unusually 

 heavy for this season of the year, will permit the transfer of the 

 animals from the Supply to the Fashion, or other lighters. I am 

 happy to inform you that we have arrived, after an unusually rough 

 passage, with one more camel than we started with. Further particu- 

 lars by succeeding mails. I write in a hurry, in the post-office, as 

 the Fashion is waiting to return to the ship. 



Very repectfuUy, your obedient servant, 



HENRY C. WAYNE, 



3IaJor TJ. S. Army, 



Hon. Jefferson Davis, 



Secretary of War, Washington. 



United States Ship Supply, 



At Sea, Hay 5, 1856. 



Sir : On the Ist instant I wrote you a few lines hastily, in the post 

 office, at Powder Horn, to inform you of our arrival off the bar ; and 



