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camels admitted to tlie Suez Depot for diseases other than mange 

 and injuries, all died. The average price of cast camels was 

 three guineas. 



Note 7. — An interesting record of difficulties as regards Mili- 

 tary Camel Management is given by V. S. Fenton in Vol. VII of 

 the Quarterly Journal of Veterinary Science in India, page 127. 

 He took over Veterinary charge of the Suakim Expeditionary 

 Force in October and found the camels in very poor condition, 

 this he attributed largely to the absence of grazing. About 

 one-third of the animals had died in the previous three months 

 ?i,ndi post-mortem examination showed, congestion of lungs, hyda- 

 tids, degeneration of the heart, and a general anaemic state of 

 the body. The fodder given was white bhoosa, which seems 

 not to have answered so well in Afghanistan as mixed bhoosa ; 

 issue of compressed hay was advocated and an increased ration 

 was given. In March the fatality ceased, but from October to 

 April three-fifths of the camels died. Could Surra have been 

 at the bottom of all this, or was it merely the absence of proper 

 fodder ? 



yiote 8. — Lord and Baiues give camel loads op' the world as 

 follows :— 

 In Algeria, Morocco, -\ 



Tunis, and Tripoli the 1 300—400 lbs. 



load is ^ 



In Egypt ...350 — 550 ,, for country camels. 



Syria, Asia Minor, Tur- -\ 550 — 600,, large sized bull camels call- 

 key in Asia, Persia, > ed " toks,^' are employed, 



and Tartary. ^ also hybrids (booghdee). 



Beluchistan, Kabul, Hin-^ 



dustan, Thibet, Bur- > 300 — 400 ,, (ordinary breeds). 



ma, and Mongolia. -^ 

 Crim Tartary, and the ■^ 



borders of Southern > 300 — 500 „ (Bactrians) . 



Eussia. ^ 



Sir Charles Napier places the service load at 250 lbs. and says 

 "we have 1,500 camels, with their confounded long necks, each 

 occupying 15 feet. Fancy these long devils in a defile, 4i miles 



