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educated to its uso. The grazing in tho Stnidiin Avas good and 

 no cases of poisonitig took place (Bennett). It consisted of a 

 tuft grass and desert shrubs, sucli as mimosa, and a herb like 

 bastard cypress. Green date leaves were also eaten. Govern- 

 ment animals often refused to graze (Burt), and it was quite 

 impossible to allow the animals to constantly pick mouthfuls as 

 they marched along, as native travellers permit their camels to 

 do. Some invalids were turned out entirely for grazing but in 

 camp it was found essential to always picket the camels in lines, 

 especially in lai-ge camps or in the proximity of standing crops. 



Note 17. — Samjyies of rations on Service: Nile Expedition 

 1884 : varied. 11 lbs. barley or sorghum daily, and 10 lbs. tibben 

 or bhoosa, if no grazing procurable. 



Afghanistan, Khyber Ijine : 10 seers bhoosa, kurbi, or grass. 



March, 3 ^ 



Fatigue, 2 ' o t i 



° i- heers barlev. 



Cantonment, 1 h 

 At graze, 1 j 



With grazing 

 Without 



Bolan lAne : 



Grain or jowarie. Kurbi, bhoosa, or wheat straw. 

 4 lbs. 8 lbs. 



4 lbs. 20 lbs. 



Abyssinia, on first landing. Grain 5 lbs., hay 12 lbs. 

 In the Abyssinian Campaign, 4 lbs. grain, 30 lbs. dry fodder, 

 and 8 gallons of water per diem was given. 



In Egypt fresh beans and chopped straAv were given ; but beans 

 were found too heating for the desert, so barley and cotton seed 

 were substituted, jowari is the best grain (Dawney). 

 Yaldwin quotes the following Indian rations : — 

 (a). 20 — 25 seers missa bhoosa daily, no gram. 

 {h). 6 seers missa bhoosa -f- 6 seers white or straw 

 bhoosa + 2 seers crushed and soaked gram or 

 mote. 

 {c). 8 to 10 seers Avhite or sti-aw bhoosa -j- 3 seers crushed 



and soaked gram or mote. 

 (Barley is a poor substitute for mote. 1 lb. ata with ghi is 

 worth twice the qunntifv of grnm.l 



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