PREFACE 



THE following pages are principally the result of six- 

 teen years' practical observation and experience of 

 Camels in India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and the Soudan, 

 and the elaboration and expansion of diaries kept by 

 me on different campaigns under every variety and 

 extreme of condition and circumstance. 



My object in offering them for publication is mani- 

 fold and obvious, as a perusal of the work will show. 

 In a few words 



(1) To awaken and to stimulate an interest in, as 

 well as to encourage the proper treatment of, Camels, 

 under all phases and conditions. 



(2) To explain the various uses to which both the 

 riding and the baggage Camel can be put. 



(3) To act as a guide to every soldier in the above, 

 and also in the most useful and most practical doctrines 

 of transport. 



(4) To promote and improve the breeding of the 

 animal, so as to ensure the production of a superior 

 class of riding and baggage Camel. 



(5) To urge a more universal use of both riding 

 and baggage Camels, especially in Australia, and in the 

 southern and central portions of Africa. 



(6) To advocate the establishment of a system by 

 which Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5 can be effected, and by which 



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