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ordered to proceed to the Levant to take the camels 

 on board, and land them in Texas, where the climate 

 and other circumstances were thought most favorable 

 for commencing the experiment. 



Upon his outward passage, Major Wayne visited 

 London and Paris, and at the former city collected 

 some particulars respecting the ability of the animal to 

 bear a considerable change of climate and a long con- 

 finement, which are not without interest. Prof. Owen, 

 perhaps the highest authority in England on such sub- 

 jects, manifested much interest in Major Wayne's mis- 

 sion, and expressed the most entire confidence in the 

 practicability of naturalizing the camel in the United 

 States. At the Zoological Gardens, Major Wayne found 

 two good specimens of the Egyptian burden camel. 

 They had been five years at the Gardens, had never 

 been affected with disease, and had bred two foals. 

 Five camels have been born at the Gardens, three of 

 which were reared. One imported camel lived twenty 

 years in the menagerie of the Zoological Society, and 

 was then sent to Ghent, where he lived at least three 

 years longer. In winter, water is often frozen solid 

 in their stalls at London, but they have not appeared 

 to suffer from the cold. In summer, they consume 

 fifteen pounds each, of coarse and inferior hay, and oc- 

 casionally a little of the straw furnished for their litter. 

 In winter, two quarts of oats, barley, or bran, per day, 

 are added to their ration. The attendants thought 

 them hardier than the coach horse, and, as before 

 stated, they have never been affected by any trouble- 

 some malady. They are housed in winter, and no 



