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The piece had a flint lock. Two saddle bags contained 50 cartridges 
of round balls and grape shot,, besides 20 blank cartridges for salutes. 
The following are the weights of the camel's load :— 
lbs. 
Weight of piece, swivel, and sponge. 8085 
Saddle, numdah, girths, bridle, schabraque, and ornaments 97'02 
Ammunition and saddle bags. 122-89 
Eations of the gunner, consisting of 3 lbs. of bread; and 
of the camel, 6 lbs. of flour, mixed with barley, made up 
into balls ; and 12 lbs. of hay or straw. 22-64 
Weight of the gunner (11^- stones) . 161-70 
Total. 485-1 lbs., or 4-3 cwt.* 
The subjoined table gives some idea of the rate of marching of a 
camel:— 
Nature of load. 
Weight of 
load. 
| 
Number of 
paces at a 
walk, per 
minute. 
length of 
pace. 
Distance 
travelled 
in an hour. 
cwt. 
ft. 
miles. 
Camel laden with provisions or baggage,") 
that is with full load .) 
6-93 
80 
2-63 
2-39 
Camel, with camel gun. 
4-33 
90 
3-61 
3‘69 
Camel, with rider and plain saddle .. 
1-73 
100 
4‘27 
4-84 
As to length of march* most camels are capable of making forced 
marches of 85 miles a day. Lightly loaded* they can cover 70 miles. 
Napoleon* during his occupation of Egypt* employed camel corps* to 
enable him to cope with his fleet antagonists* the Arabs. 
* The accompanying lithograph will give some idea of the appearance of the camel artillery of 
Persia. 
