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Baggage camels iu Tiidiaii plains in peace, Rs. GO — 70. In 

 1879, Rs. 80—100. 



IVice in TashkanJ and Tnrkistan £0 to 10. 



In the Government of Turkistan alone are 390,000 camels. 



In Sontli Anstralia camels range in valne from £55 for a 

 3 years old tlirongh £G0 for an animal broken in to draught and 

 pack to £65 for the best. 



For the Crimea, Consuls purchased camels in Syria. 



For Abyssinia, contractors brought camels in countries round 

 the Red Sea ; Aden camels proved the worst ; Egyptian and Ber- 

 bera the best. 



For Afghanistan were obtained 2,000 in Persia, G,000 in 

 Afghanistan and from Sept. 1880 to Sept. 1881, 25,000 in India, 

 (7,000 of them from the Bengal Presidency). 



For Suakim camels were brought from Lower Egj^pt, Berbcra, 

 and India. 



Some thousands arc procurable within 400 miles of Aden for 

 liberal prices. Mocha, Aden, Maculla, Berbera, and Zaila are 

 good purchasing places : at Berbera £15 per camel was paid for 

 animals to be despatched to Suakim. 



Algerian camels average £G ; Mesopotamian, £7-8 , Soudan in 

 1884, over £13; Egypt 1884-5, £9 — 15, baggage and £25 Sowari ; 

 Dongola Jan. 1885, £23. 



Colonel Furse shows that often the owners will sell a whole 

 batch of camels, old with young, or none at all and thus he 

 accounts for the number of young ones sent up the Nile. Pur- 

 chase or retention of young animals is false economy. 



Nvte 6. — In the Soudan in 1885, Inspecting Veterinary Sur- 

 geon Walters found Delta camels in very large proportion 

 inferior and unsound, unsuited to the requirements of a desert 

 campaign. Camels of Berbera and Aden were lighter in build, 

 smaller, and more active. Those of Berbera were fawn-coloured 

 and specially suited for the desert. The Indian camels, both 

 pack and sowari, were considered very fine. Of 1,872 camels 

 admitted to Hospital, 465, died, i e., about 25 per cent. About 

 3,500 camels came from Suez and a similar number from India 

 to Suakim ; the average price of the former was over £1G : of 



