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{b.) At conclusion of a long march (say 4 days_, without water) 

 only give a slight amount of water^ then set camels free^ and 



(c.) At end of two hours allow the animals to drink ad lib. 



Unloose the girths if watering while saddled. 



Adopt the following routine Camel management : 7 a.m. half 

 grain^ 7-30 — 8-30 a.m. grooming, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. grazing, 5 p.m. — 

 C P.M. grooming, 6 p.m. h grain, about 4 p.m. water. — (Byrne.) 



Skinner gives an instance where the camels had been nineteen 

 complete days without drinking: Nott puts the amount a camel 

 drinks at one time at 30 — 40 pints. The Arabs say that in 

 summer and autumn, the camel naturally drinks every third 

 day, in winter only when the weather is warm, then every 

 8 to 10 days. 



Note 14, — Mr. Burt enumerates and comments on Saddles 

 as follows :— Of the riding saddles the Egyptian (weight 

 42 lbs.) is the best, as being least liable to get out of order 

 and easiest repaired. The Mounted Infantry is a modification 

 of it but not a success, being less comfortable and less easy 

 to sit in, also its iron seat makes it heavier (65 lbs.). It did 

 not fit the camel and the shoulder of the hind tree frequently 

 gave way where the cross grain of the wood begins. The 

 wooden cross pieces sometimes broke but were easily replaced. 

 Bennett considered the riding saddles, though prepared by 

 contract and in a hurry, mainly answered the purpose required. 

 Of Pack Saddles, the Cairo ones were best, but those used 

 were badly constructed and stuffed and made of bad material. 

 Tibben and straw were used for padding. The Sohag saddle 

 from the South of Siout is heavy and has little to recommend it. 

 Tho Dongola is too small and suited only to small camels (such 

 as the Bishareen) and light loads. It is very light but was often 

 indifferently padded and caused many galls. Bennett preferred 

 the Esneh saddle ; he considers the following to be the defects of 

 the service pattern saddle:— The tree is too weak, the saddles 

 issued were all of one size and therefore unsuited to the smaller 

 camels and difficult and laborious to alter (Col. Furse informs us 

 that though the trees were all of one size the pads were not). 

 The stuffing of coarse straw soon wore out as also did tho 



