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THE SOLDIER’S CAMEL. 
“ Bactrian camels,” says Major A. Leonard in his 
work on the Camel , its Uses and Management} “ or 
those from Afghanistan, or any such cold climate, 
would thrive just as well in a re-mount depot in 
England as they do at the Zoo. What in the world 
is to prevent their introduction into this country, and 
the formation of camel and mule transports ? Nothing, 
that I can see.” 
Major Leonard speaks with the authority of one 
who has spent sixteen years as a transport officer, and 
if the suggestion which he makes, based as it is on the 
observation of the good health and long lives enjoyed 
by the northern camels at the Zoological Gardens, be 
adopted by the War Office, the original intention of 
the founders of the Society, to make their Gardens an 
example of what was possible in the way of acclimatiza- 
tion, would be fulfilled in an unexpected quarter. 
The reason for Major Leonard’s suggestion is to be 
found in the failure in the management of our camel 
1 Longmans, Green and Co., London. 1874. 
