PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 



CAMEL JOURNAL— Cotitinued. 



139 



18.J6. 

 April 1 



Hay. 



Bales. 

 •2 



Water. 



Galls. 

 J 00 



60 



85 



130 



60 



75 

 140 



70 



75 

 120 



Oats 



Bags. 

 1 



Peas. 



Galls. 



Meal. 



Medicincsc 



Lbs. 

 20 



20 



15 



25 



Remarks. 



Curried and brushed the animals as usual ; 

 washed hind quirters, legs, &c., with warm 

 water and castile soap; white washed bags at 

 various places ; At 2 p. m. Smyrna mare No. 

 6 calved, a fine male calf, the largest and 

 strongest calf of any born as yet ; animals and 

 calves all well ; applied ointment to mare No. 

 6's hind legs, (chafed.) 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; holy- 

 stoned and cleaned deck; all well; gave calf 

 "Trades" rice water for looseness in the 

 bowels. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; white- 

 washed where necessary; applied salve to 

 mare No. 6's legs ; salted animals and oiled 

 their callosities ; gave animals fresh bedding. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; mare 

 No. 6 having lain on her calf, appears to have 

 injured it internally, through the negligence 

 of Arab on watch. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual; scrubbed 

 deck behind animals ; calf No. 6 appearing 

 to be still worse, gave her a dose of oil and 

 two injections, but she grew worse and died 

 about 10.45 a. m. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; scrubbed 

 deck ; found another itch symptom on Gour- 

 mal ; applied sulphur ointment and gave him 

 sulphur in his food ; salted animals. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; oiled 

 callosities ; found a tumor-like swelling on 

 near hind leg of Smyrna mare No. 10 ; applied 

 British oil ; continued treatment of Gourrnal 

 for itch. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual; venti 

 lated by taking out weather air ports ; calf 

 No. 13 had symptoms of a diarrhoea; gave her 

 rice water three times a day. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; thorough- 

 ly white-washed every part of the deck ; mare 

 No. 6's chafe much better; mare No. 10 im- 

 proving; applying British oil. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; holy- 

 stoned and well cleansed the deck; mares 

 Nos. 6 and 10 improving ; rest of the animals 

 all well. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; had a 

 rigid examination of each animal for chafes, 

 itch spots, &c.; found all well but those under 

 treatment. 



Brushed and curried the animals as usual ; ex- 

 amined all the camels ; oiled their callosities ; 

 Gourmal still under treatment, but improving. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual ; washed 

 deck round stern of animals ; poulticed mare 

 No. lO's leg with bread and milk ; salted ani- 

 mals ; arrived at Jamaica. 



Curried and brushed the animals as usual ; 

 scrubbed deck with lime and sand ; mare No. 

 10 improving under same treatment ; numbers 

 of visitors to see the camels. 



Brushed and curried animals ; white-washed 

 where required; commander permitted the 

 Arabs and Turks to go on shore for a short ab- 

 sence ; all returned in the evening ; an im- 

 mense quantity of persons (4,000) visited the 

 ship this day to see the camels, &c. 



Curried and brushed animpls; white-washed 

 and cleaned deck ; calf No. 13 had another 

 attack of diarrhcea ; gave her rice water as 

 per order; numbers of visitors this day. 



Brushed and curried animals ; cleansed, &c., 

 where required ; salted animals ; ventilation, 

 &c., receiving all attention; numbers of 

 visitors on board. 



Brushed and curried animals ; animals under 

 treatment improving ; rest of camels all well, 

 though shedding their hair. 



Brushed and curried animals as usual ; poul- 

 ticed mare No. lO's tumor; continued rice 

 water to calf No. 13 ; left Jamaica this day ; 

 secured animals for rolling, &c. 



