138 PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 



CAMEL JOURNAL— Contiaiied. 



Date. 



Hay. 



1856. 

 Mar. 24 



27 



28 



Water. 



Galls. 

 78 



30 



Oats. 



Bags. 

 3 



Peas. 



Galls. 

 6 



Meal. 



Medicines. 



25 



Half pint 

 sweet oil. 



oz. 

 blue stone 



Remarks. 



Brushed and curried the animals as usual ; kept 

 litter under the camels ; rove ropes and stop- 

 ped ends back, to ease animals to motion of 

 ship, she rolling heavily at times ; rubbed the 

 animals' callosities with oil ; Ibrim and Gour- 

 nial still under treatment, and progressing 

 favorably ; mare No. 7 and calf much better. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; sponged 

 animals' eyes; all well; the two sick with 

 mare No. 7 improving. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; mare 

 No. 7 and calf progressing favorably; gave the 

 mare dough-balls; Ibriin and Gourmal better; 

 salted all the animals ; shook down bed- 

 ding, &c. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; scrubbed 

 out and cleaned from behind all the animals; 

 discharged the two camels Ibrim and Gourmal 

 oft" the sick list, well ; mare No. 7 and calf 

 much better; bedded down and rove gear; 

 ship rolling heavily. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; scrubbed 

 deck behind animals; Smyrna mare No. 21, 

 who has appeared to suffer from enlarged 

 vagina, this forenoon showed symptoms of a 

 falling of the womb, but, on the application 

 of cold water by a sponge, it receded, and she 

 seemed relieved ; but in the afternoon it oc- 

 curred in a far more severe and extended 

 manner; reported to the commander, who di- 

 rected the Turks, by application of oil, &e., 

 to replace it and bandage it ; at 8 p. m. the 

 mare seemed easy and clear of suffering; 

 dosed camels requiring oil for cough, &c. 



Curried and brushed the animals as usual ; 

 scrubbed deck behind animals, and white- 

 washed where it required ; mare No. 21 

 seemed to have passed an easy night, but 

 early in the forenoon, as tlie parts around the 

 vagina appeared swollen and inflamed, and 

 to be very relaxed, eased and removed the 

 • bandages and injected a light solution of blue 

 stone, and, to keep the internals from again 

 forci)ig themselves out, placed a stopper with 

 bandages, applying cold water to the parts 

 frequently. Early in the afternoon discover- 

 ed the various signs of premature labor, re- 

 ported the same, and at 3.39 p. m. came up 

 with all bandages, fastenings, &c., and the 

 mare was delivered of a male calf, dead, and 

 appeared to have been for many days so. 

 Wrajjped mare in blankets, syringed her with 

 lukewarm water, bedded her down, and eased 

 her so as to render her comfortable ; the 

 syringing to be continued every two hours. 



During the night mare No. 21 attempted to pass 

 her after birth, but up to seven in the morn- 

 ing it had not cleared from her ; it then ap- 

 peared that part of her entrails, with other 

 parts connected with the vagina, were at- 

 tached, and the animal seemed to suffer great- 

 ly by it. At 9 a. m. there being no signs of a 

 reaction on the part of the nerves of the va- 

 gina, which emitted a most noxious effluvia, 

 and the animal seeming to be in great torture, 

 though sinking slowly, the commafMlant 

 deemed it prudent and as an act of mercy to 

 strangle her, which was done, and her car- 

 case thrown overboard. Every thing was 

 done by both the Arabs and Turks to try and 

 alleviate the pains of the mare, but all was of 

 no avail. Curried, brushed, and cleaned 

 the animals as usual ; whitewashed where re- 

 quired. At 6.30 p. m. Smyrna mare No. 13 

 showed signs of calving, reported same, and 

 at 7.30 she was delivered of a male calf; mare 

 seemed to suffer more, and was longer calving, 

 it being her first calf. 



Curried and brushed the animals as usual ; re- 

 moved mare No. 13 to nursery ; herself and 

 calf well ; found a chafe on mare No. 6's hind 

 leg ; applied simple salve ; animals all well. 



