Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1910 — Camel a Delicate Beast. [ARTICLE]

Camel a Delicate Beast.

Contrary to the widespread but erroneous opinion, the camel is a very delicate animal. A camel that has worked fifteen days in succession needs a month’s pasturage to recuperate. It is liable to a host of ailments and accidents. When a caravan crosses a sebkha, or dry salt lake, it is rare that some of the animals do not break a leg. If the fracture is in the upper part of the limb there is nothing for it but to slaughter the animal and retail its flesh as butcher’s meat. , If the lower part of the limb has been injured the bone is set and held in position by, means of splints made of palm branches, which are bound with small cords. If no complications ensue at the end of a month the fracture is reduced. When it Is a case of simple dislocation the Jarred part is cauterized with a redhot iron, tuen coated with clay and bandaged with a strip of cloth. Fifteen days afterward •the animal is generally cured.—Vulgarisation Scientifique.