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unnecessary fatigue and injury to the unfortunate 

 animal, and most unnecessary trouble to the men. 

 And yet, so perverse and contradictory are the ways Necessity 

 of humanity, that unless you stand over the latter, and i 

 insist on the load being fastened correctly, it will not be 

 done. I have frequently seen the same load come off Startm 8 

 six or seven times in a short march. With professional 

 and experienced drivers fatigue parties are, I am 

 thoroughly convinced as I have more than once 

 pointed out a mistake, even when you are short- 

 handed. It is better, and at the finish quicker, to do 

 without them, and intrust the loading to men who under- 

 stand it, who ought to be made to feel the responsibility, 

 and who will on this account naturally take an interest 

 in a proper adjustment, more especially if the animals 

 belong to them. 



In such case, instead of the drivers in each section 

 loading separately and independently, it is better to 

 combine them by sections, and load up each section 

 coUectively. This not only is a superior plan in every 

 way, but is system as opposed to chaos, engenders a 

 healthy spirit of emulation or rivalry between sections 

 which is productive of eminently excellent results 

 great economy of valuable time, and of the powers of 

 the animals ; while loading individually and in driblets, 

 without any organization, in a happy-go-lucky, hap- 

 hazard way, means excessive standing about, which 

 fatigues the animals before they start on a march, and 

 in the end altogether wears them out. 



As a rule, nothing on earth will induce a camel to camel's 

 rise if he feels that his load is too heavy for him, or ^ 

 altogether beyond his strength, and if he is at all young loadin ^ 



