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5^ francs French. That made with Tuga is prefei-able to that 

 with Aarare and the Arabs are liable to sell it bad or adulterated. 

 That obtained from Ouled Auteur, Ouled Ibrahim, and Sahan in 

 the neighbourhood of Bersuagnia is preferred (Byrne). 



Louibardini tried the " traditiotial method " of Africa and Asia, 

 i.e., inunction with butter, tar, and sulphur every third day after 

 preliminary shaving of the affected parts, without success in a 

 severe outbreak. He found in the crusts of parts thus treated 

 actively moving parasites in the several stages of development, 

 also undamaged ova. Hence he was compelled to resort to agents 

 which experiment shows suffice to kill the parasites, thus oil of 

 turpentine, aqua regia, decoction of tobacco, and creosote with 

 olive oil, proved useful in different cases, the aqua regia being 

 particularly efficacious. These measures were supplemented by 

 good feeding and attention to correct hygiene in other respects. 



A letter received by the Editors of the QiKirferly Jmirnal of 

 Veierinarij Science in India in December 1886, from Major Elliot, 

 Assistant Commissary-General of Transport at Quetta, puts the 

 main bearings of this question of best treatment practicable in 

 the emergency of service so forcibly that we cannot do better 

 than extract the queries and suggestions contained in it for the 

 benefit of our readers : — " To state the problem brielly, all the 

 dressings adopted by Veterinary Surgeons demand oil as their 

 basis, as their chief component part. Oil is the vehicle commonly 

 used either with sulphur or carbolic acid, &c. But on field ser- 

 vice oil on a large scale is simply not procurable. At tSuakiui 

 common oil cost 10 shillings per gallon, and then was only pro- 

 curable in small quantities. VVhat was the consequence 'i JSot 

 one-half the scabied camels were ever dressed. I can state this 

 from my personal experience of the Punjab Camel Corps, l,oUO 

 camels strong, which I commanded. It was the same thing at 

 Kabul * and Kandahar, where I also served as a Transport 



* Veterinary Surgeon Clayton. Royal Horse Artillor)', writing to the 

 Veterinary Journal from Zurgundshade, North Afghanistan (July 188U), 

 says : " One form of mange is giving me a great deal of ti'oublc at present, 

 affecting every camel in the Transport of this Division (:^,200)." Oliphant 

 found mange prevalent from November 1879 to March 1880 in Kuram 

 Valley, but it was stamped out in \\)v'\\ ; almost every camel in the force 

 was affected (Edi. Q.J.) 



