226 THE CAMEL 



The natives pour green oil and salt mixed (steeped all 

 night) down the affected camel's throat in the morning. 

 If oil is not procurable, ' ardawa ' is often used in place 

 of it, about 1 Ib. at a time. 



Tapiarja 11. Taplarjd is the name given to a disease by the 



natives of India, the symptoms of which are constant 

 shivering and falling to the ground a kind of fever 

 and ague, I should imagine, due to chill and damp. 

 There is a word in Hindustani called c Tap-i-larza,' which 

 means an ague, and which I believe is the correct one, 

 the other being a vulgar corruption. If the animal is 

 not dead within a few hours the chances are in favour 

 of his recovering in two or three days' time. Camel 

 breeders attribute it to a certain wind, and their remedy 

 is to brand the sufferer with three straight parallel lines 

 on his head and on both flanks ; but with what effect 

 I am unable to say, though they have great faith in its 

 efficacy. 



Colic 12. Colic. Colic, as I remarked in chapter iii., 



usually arises from overeating green food, and also 

 from overdrinking ; undigested barley, also sand and 

 gravel, being likewise responsible for it. In two words, 

 from improper feeding, and occasionally from internal 

 chill. A camel so afflicted rolls on the ground in great 

 pain, and when from the effects of green fodder or 

 undigested grain, the body swells up. The Arabs treat 

 this in the same way as they do blotches, shaving off a 

 long narrow strip of hair on the belly, and branding it 

 with a red-hot iron. The best plan is to lay a couple 

 of blankets over and one under the animal, so as to keep 

 it warm, and give it two quarts of linseed oil in one 

 dose. 



