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mange, which, if neglected, produces death. 

 Burckhardt mentions as diseases always fatal, a 

 paralysis and distortion of the neck, probably the 

 " convulsion " noticed by Harlan, a diarrhrea 

 which attacks the young, and a colic caused by 

 swallowing with their fodder the dried dung of 

 goats or sheep. When broken-winded, which is 

 of frequent occurrence, they are treated with the 

 cautery, a favorite remedy among most rude 

 tribes ; and a wounded hump, or a galled back, 

 is relieved by the same means. I have seen sev- 

 eral instances of serious inconvenience from an 

 annoyance mentioned by Burckhardt, the drawing 

 up of leeches into the mouth while drinking. 

 The leeches attach themselves to the back of the 

 palate and the gums, and often make a lodgment 

 under the tongue. The inaccessibility of the 

 parts, and the impatience of the camel, render 

 the removal of these pests difficult, and the ani- 

 mal is often sensibly weakened by the loss of 

 blood, while the soreness of the mouth produced 

 by the puncture of the leech, prevents him from 

 feeding freely. Carbuccia treats at considerable 

 length of the maladies of the camel, their causes, 

 and remedies. The most formidable of these 

 causes appears to be the sting, or more probably 

 the oviposition of a gad-fly, which gives rise to a 

 multitude of diseases. Starvation, which Car- 

 buccia judiciously classes among " fatal mala- 



