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and oftener nearer the size of a soup-plate, and so deep 

 that one could have thrust both fists into them ; and 

 to make matters worse they were simply alive with 

 maggots. In fact, they were so rotten and stinking that 

 it was impossible to approach within fifty yards of them. 



4. Blotches, which are of two kinds, red and black. Blotches 

 are said by the Egyptians and Arabs of Algeria to be 



from the bite of a poisonous fly perhaps the fi tsetse ' ? 

 in the Upper Nile regions, and on the borders of 

 Abyssinia. They have two treatments. Should it be 

 of a mild type, olive oil, mixed with tobacco, is given 

 internally ; in more serious cases the hair immediately 

 round the blotch is shaved off, and a red-hot iron 

 applied to the exposed flesh. 



Lieut. Massoutier, in speaking of camel diseases, 

 alludes to the ' debab ' fly as being one of the most 

 formidable enemies that is to be found in Algeria, the 

 bite of which is so poisonous as to cause great suffering, 

 and frequently death within twenty-four hours. 



5. Deep tumours are found in the breast and belly, Deep 



-. (, . . . ,T , . tumours 



and are a source ot anxiety, owing to the uncertainty 

 as to how they will burst, externally or internally. If 

 the former, the camel will recover, and the natives .do 

 not treat them specially for it. If the latter, death 

 ensues. 



6 . Cold (catarrh ) naturally is more prevalent in winter, Colds 

 or in wet, inclement, or changeable weather. In the Bolan 

 Pass, and in Afghanistan, where the cold was simply 

 intense, the camels from the hot plains of Sind and the 

 Panjab suffered terribly, and, to make matters worse, 



the extremes of temperature were so marked, very 

 often as much as 50 between day and night. This 



