196 WILD ANIMALS. 



carried away the lower jaw of one of the artillery camelSj and 

 tlien buried itself in tlie ground. The poor brute walked on as 

 if nothing had happened, and carried its load to the end of the 

 day." This either shows that camels have little nervous organi- 

 zation, or they were too completely exhausted on this occasion to • 

 exhibit pain or alarm* 



