128 THE CAMEL 



Value of animals cannot be overestimated, and a regular and 

 systematic use of it would have a marked effect on their 

 health and condition. Not only is it a vermifuge, and 

 the very best remedy to expel worms, which are unable 

 to survive the action, but it purifies its blood and 

 invigorates the system. It also has a good effect 

 on its quality of milk, because both the quality and 

 quantity are regulated by the quantity of the food 

 which is digested ; and as the milk depends upon the 

 health and condition of the milch camel, and is natur- 

 ally greatly affected by it, great care should be exer- 

 cised in the giving of salt to all female camels, especially 

 those set apart for breeding purposes ; and for the 

 matter of that to all stallions as well, because their con- 

 dition requires an equal amount of attention. 



Salt should be given daily, but judiciously, with 

 food, and in this way it is undoubtedly a great aid to 

 the digestion; and it is in fact indispensable to the 

 health and condition of all animals that feed on vege- 

 table matter. If given separately, as a dose for worms 

 or other cause, it must not be given in too large quan- 

 tities and too continuously, as it causes intense thirst, 

 and becomes injurious, even dangerous, while an excess 

 of it is liable to poison the system. 



Worms, It is, I believe, a recognised fact that game, which 



causes and abound in countries where there is an absence of 

 saline vegetation, suffer extensively from worms. This 

 also is the case in the Upper Nile region with the 

 cattle, amongst which it appears that great losses 

 from internal disorders frequently occur. These 

 takes place after the rains, when the pools in the 

 desert, which are left, stagnate, and turn into active 



