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liave recently managed him very fairly in the Soudan, but Galton 

 urges that men attach themselves to horses and asses, less to 

 mules and oxen, but camels are never made friends of. However, 

 it is, on the contrary, a matter of every day experience in India 

 that many Serwans are very kind to and careful cf their camels 

 and the latter know their own attendants and are tolerant of 

 them, which is the cameline way of showing pleasure and affec- 

 tion. It has been urged that camels require skilled attendants, 

 but what animals do not ? Let it be remembered that before the 

 mules could be utilized in Abyssinia specially trained Indian 

 muleteers had to be sent, and the bullock batteries often remained 

 useless during the Mutiny in the hands of British drivers whom 

 the bullocks would not obey. Galton gives a piece of informa- 

 tion which ought to be remembered in convoy duty, '' mules and 

 camels must never be taken together — they have mutual aver- 

 sion which time will seldom, if ever, overcome" but all animals 

 have their pet aversions, which little peculiarities must be res- 

 pected and will be overcome in time ; it is not often that the on© 

 under consideration will prove a serious inconvenience. Camels 

 are quarrelsome and apt to bite one another offensively or defen- 

 sively. They are amorous and the males should not, therefore, 

 be worked with the females, however this rule only holds during 

 the time of rutting or must — when the animal is apt to yield to 

 irresistable charms of the female and bolt, forgetful of load or 

 rider. With regard to vice, occasionally the camel indulges in a 

 far-reaching and very forcible kick and some are apt to lie down 

 suddenly " without forewarning motion" in the manner faceti- 

 ously described by Burnaby, who, however, is very far from the 

 mark in saying " It should be well understood that the camel, 

 far from being the hardy convoy carrier as stated in the stories 

 of our youth, is a very delicate tender beast of burden only cal- 

 culated to perform a certain amount of work at a very slow pace, 

 not suited to accompany any army." This paragraph is contra- 

 dictory to a previously quoted statement of the writer and is 

 misleading and inaccurate both in sentiment and expression. 

 (4) The camel is a hardy animal — certainly in the endurance of 

 privations, and we have no evidence that he is specially obnoxi- 

 ous or non-resistent to disease. Vallon found that "Although 

 camels do not appear susceptible of easily taking the acute dis- 



