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The appetite may be tempted by offering a variety 

 of food frequently, and plain gram is often particularly 

 relished. The Indian remedy is : 



Tolas 



' Kala ziree ' (cumin seed, Cuminum cyminum) . . 4 



' Lassan ' (borage, bugloss) . . . . . .10 



' Metee ' (a very active vegetable poison) . . .1 



Salt . . ' - ; . .2 



9. Cold struck is a complaint which the natives of c <>i d 



struck 



India say is due to a sudden chill, got when the camel 

 is in a state of great heat, and which often knocks him 

 completely over and renders him incapable of action. 

 It no doubt happens towards the evening, when the 

 animal arrives in camp after a hot march, is unloaded, 

 unsaddled, and suddenly exposed to a cold wind before 

 he has cooled or has been blanketed up, or, as gener- 

 ally happens, there being no blankets, he remains all 

 night exposed to the cold and damp night air. My 

 orders, and I always saw them carried out, were to 

 unload, but not unsaddle for an hour, or until the 

 animal had quite cooled down. When I was unprovided 

 with blankets I used to cover their loins with grain 

 cloths and bags, and I have also kept on the saddles 

 when the cold was very great. 



One of the Indian remedies is : 



' Goor ' (coarse brown sugar) . . . . 1 Ib. 

 'Mitha tel ' (sweet oil) . . . . '.. . 2 quarts 

 ' Mai kangni ' (staff tree, Celastrus) . .. .lib. 



10. Heat struck, called by natives of India ' sargaya,' Heat 

 is confined to the hot weather. The hair loses its 

 crispness and, in the tail especially, will come out if 

 touched. This is ascribed to want of water, over- 

 work, and exposure to the sun. Death often results. 



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