DAILY JOURNAL 



THE CAMEL DECK OE UNITED STATES SHIP SUPPLY, 



D. D. PORTEE, LIEUTENANT COMMANDING, 



CONTAINING 



Expenditures of feed and icater, and incidents of the voyage while the 



camels were on hoard. 



CAMEL JOURNAL. 



Date. 



1856. 

 .Jan. 21 



•29 

 30 



31 



Feb. 1 



Hay. 



Bales. 

 280 lbs. 



Water. 



Galh. 

 30 



35 



Ba«s. 

 2 



10 galls, 

 oats ami 

 beans. 



■20 galls 



half 



beans. 



20 galls . 



iiair ■ 



beans. 



20 galls., 



half 



beans. 



20 



lb. sul- 

 phur. 



: lb. sul- 

 phur. 



i pint Brit- 

 ish oil. 



Received on board 6 camels, 2 of them males ; 

 washed them and secured them in their stalls ; 

 put sulphur in their water. 



Fitted the harness where required, and rubbed 

 the camels well with currycombs and brushes ; 

 named the camels, and lettered the harness ; 

 Mahomet, the Tunisian camel, was this day 

 put to the Egyptian camel Adela.* 



Refilled the netting with hay, as also the fenders 

 for their behinds; went round the camels 

 with sulphuric ointment, and applied it, well 

 rubbed in, on all suspicious looking places ; 

 Mahomet again served Adela. This day 

 Ibrira, an Egyptian camel, (stud,) served an 

 Egyptian female named Massanda; ditto 

 Gourmal to Preguada ; ditto ceased to issue 

 oats ; littered with hay. 



Ship's motion this day rather uneasy and camels 

 not earing for their hay ; issued 4 quarts of 

 crushed beans and oats to each animal, of 

 which they eat well ; keep their harness on 

 ready to use ; curried and brushed as usual ; 

 littered with hay. 



Issued 4 quarts of crushed beans and oats to 

 each animal ; put I brim to Massanda, Ma- 

 homet to Adela ; watered camels and put sul- 

 phur in the water. 



This day put Ibrim to Massanda ; rubbed Amisa 

 on the legs with British oil for fear of a sprain ; 

 camels all well and do not seem very sea 

 sick ; clean and currycomb as usual ; white- 

 washed where necessary. 



Blowing fresh ; secured the animals by their 

 harness to the ropes, and liberated them as 

 soon as the rolling motion ceased ; clean and 

 curry as usual. 



Animals none the worse for their confinement 

 yesterday ; watered them without sulphur ; 

 clean as usual. 



Animals well; cleaned^as usual. Mem. "Use 

 hay for litter as well as feed." 



Detected signs of itch on Gourmal ; used the 

 sulphur ointment; fed as usual; animals in 

 good hea'th generally. 



Animals continue the same ; the animal sup- 

 posed to be itchy shows no further signs ; 

 clean and curry as usual. 



Preparing for the reception of some new camels; 

 nothing to remark. 



Animals in good health ; feed as usual ; nothmg 

 to note. 



' Some days prior to tliis received from Cairo 3 dromedaries, whose treatment was exactly similar. 



