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of thetn " ! Bynie insists tluit each camel on service should be 

 labelled to show the weight ho ought to cany and that in load- 

 ing restive or vicious camels the fore legs may need to be tied 

 to prevent the animal rising during the operation. If the camel 

 be inclined to bite, a man with a stick must hold the nose rope 

 and inflict chastisement when necessary. 



Note 9. — Camel guns are light field-pieces on four animals : — 

 (1) dun. (2) Carriage. (3) Wheels, loading rods, &c. (4) Am- 

 munition boxes. 



Note 10.— Camels have been used for transport of the sick 

 in various ways, but are so rough in motion as to be avoided 

 when other sick transport is practicable. The following methods 

 have (among others) been adopted : — 



(n) By Buonaparte in Syria, specially constructed boxes ; and 



Larrey had a panier on each side with a mattrass. 

 (h) In Abyssinia, iron Kajawahs (119 lbs.) or cacolet Kaja- 

 wahs (181 lbs.) for conveyance of two sick men per 

 camel were tried but they gave no protection from sun 

 or rain. 

 ((■) The double-seated camel saddle (133 lbs.) was useful for 



fatigued, sprained, and foot-sore men. 

 {d) In the Punjab Frontier Force, the Kajawahs were small 

 litters, 4 ft. x 2 ft., with sides a foot high, slung over 

 the camel saddle by chains or hooks, 

 (e) A strong chain with sloping back and foot-rest. 

 (/) An extremely heavy chair on the suspenson-canvas-chair 



]irinciplo, almost a camel load when empty. 

 Note 11. — Transport of camels by rail and sea : When 

 camels are to be cmiveyed by rail four or five as a load are 

 taken in open wagons with high sides. They can be made 

 to sit down, tied, and hoisted in by means of a crane. When- 

 ever possible they should be taken out to stretch their legs. To 

 emharlc camels let them be rested after their railway journey, 

 then bring them one by one to the crane, make each to sit 

 down, let one man hold the nose rope, put on a head collar 

 with rope (otherwise the man guiding the head will hang on 

 to the nose rope and do mischief), blindfold the animal, and, if 



