PUECHASE OF CAMELS FOE MILITAEY PUEP08ES. 

 CAMEL JOURNAL -Continued. 



141 



Date. 



1856. 

 Blay 5 



Medicines 



1 pt. sweet 

 oil. 



Remarks. 



Curried and brusiied animals as usual. Wliite- 

 washed where necessary. Kept litter under 

 animals, on account of motion of ship. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual. Kept 

 them well littered. Rove ropes, as per ortfer. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual. Well 

 cleansed under tlie ;inimals, and examined 

 for chafes, &c. ; found the hind legs of one or 

 two slightly sw(dlen ; applied British oil. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual. Cleansed 

 all round animals. Arrived in the Southwest 

 Pass. Prepared to send animals away as soon 

 as steamer shall arrive. 



Curried and brushed animals as usual. Cleansed 

 animals, &c. Steamer Fashion came along 

 side. Commenced discharging hay, oats, 

 meal, &c. 



Curried animals, and prepared to discharge 

 them. 6.30, commenced to discharge camels. 

 12.30, finished discharging the whole of the 

 camels, feed, stores, &c. 2 45, steamer Fash- 

 ion cast off from alongside, and steamed down 

 the river. Cleared oil' camel deck. 



N. B — Only four of the camels transferred out of order— one with a bile on the leg, three with swollen feet 

 from long confinement. 



