PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 

 CAMEL JOURNAL— Continued. 



135 



Date. 



Hay. 



1856. 



21 



23 



24 

 25 



6S 



Oats. 



Bags. 



20 



Peas. 



Galls. 



15 



Meal. 



Medicines. 



Lbs. 



?0 



1 pint oil, 

 1 pint oil, 



Half pint 

 oil. 



Half pint 

 British oil 



H pt. Brit 

 ish oil. 

 1 quart 



turpentine 

 1 quart 



sweet oil. 



Remarks. 



tioned, until it gathers strength to stand on its 

 legs and be introduced to its mother's teats; 

 the feed of the animal is not changed by the 

 Arabs in charge on board the sliip ; but when 

 on shore the camel, after delivered, (as the 

 cow,) has plenty of green food given it ; 

 nothing else to note. 



Mother and calf doing well ; this night blowing 

 fresh, had to secure the camels, (for which 

 purpose the Arabs are more liindrance than 

 use;) in the morning, moderating, released 

 them ; Gourmal much better ; no change in 

 the Bactrian ; still refuses feed in any reason- 

 able quantity; the eye of the camel before 

 mentioned being washed every day with cas- 

 tile soap and warm water, is gradually heal 

 ing ; those camels who do not eat oats, peas, 

 or mixed feed, have barley meal balls given 

 them in about three to four pound balls ; ani- 

 mals curried and cleaned each day. 



Nothing in particular to note, save that one or 

 two camels had sweet oil given to them to 

 purge them ; clean, &c., as usual. 



Camels as usual ; the Bactrian will not eat, and 

 drinks little ; the wound over the eye of afore- 

 mentioned camel is now healed ; cleaned, 

 &c., as usual. 



White-washed the stalls, and employed in 

 making light covers for camels preparatory to 

 the hot weather; Bactrian will not eat; at 4 

 p. m. No. 3 (Smyrnian) safely dropped a calf, 

 (female ;) noticed that the Arabs made up the 

 humps prior to swaddling it, and that the 

 legs of the young camel were also placed in 

 the kneelhig position, and the swaddling 

 clothes then securely fastened, leaving the 

 head and neck free for the mother to smell at 

 and caress ; the young one is placed directly 

 in front of her, and she ought to be left, if 

 possible, free in her movements. 



Blowing heavy ; secured the camels in the night, 

 the calves unable therefore to suck ; camels 

 uneasy, but do not seem to sutfer much from 

 the heavy rolling ; Bactrian eats better; this 

 evening gave to the calves some preserved 

 milk, diluted with water, and sweetened a 

 little ; after a few trials they drank thereof. 



Cleared up all the litter preparatory to bedding 

 down afresh ; changed the heavy blankets 

 for lighter ones, and gave this morning one 

 gallon of oats extra feed to each animal. 



Ceased to bed the animals ; heavy weather 

 coming on again ; prepared to secure animals ; 

 blew heavy in the night, and ship labored 

 badly. 



Ship rolling excessively ; had to secure ths 

 camels with extra fastenings ; some of the 

 camels having a sort of heave or cold, give 

 them, by order, sweet oil when they cough. 



This day nothing to note but heavy weather. 



Ship this day easier, and sea moderating. Lei 

 the camels up ; one or two rather stiff, but 

 after chafing their legs, and bending them 

 backward and forward, they soon got up. 

 Kubbed in British oil and turpentine on all 

 that required it. This day the two calves 

 died, the mothers having dried up, and when 

 they had milk refused to let them suck. {Sis 

 traiint camellus.) Examined the legs, &.C., 

 and find that in the knee of the camel ther« 

 are four separate and distinct joints. The 

 muscles of the leg are also more numerous 

 than tliosi; of the ox, and much stronger, or 

 ligamentous. The hind legs are double-jointed. 

 The callosities on the apex of iho breast-bon* 

 and other parts of the animal's body are not 

 on it when born, (as is said,) but are produced 

 by habitude. On examining the foot, found 

 that it is so jointed that it can fold together, 

 as a man can compress his foretingi'r together, 

 and that underneath the horny outer coveting 



