Abstract
THE author treats in this work of the management of the camel in connection with military operations, the result of his experience in India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and the Sudan. He does not claim to have produced a scientific essay on the animal, but rather to furnish officers and others in charge of camel transport with a practical description of the camel, his treatment and management, so as to enable them to avoid the causes to which the enormous mortality of baggage camels in recent expeditions has been mainly due. After describing the anatomy and temperament, the author considers it to be essentially a stupid animal, and incapable of looking after itself, though a model of patience under most trying conditions.
The Camel, its Uses and Management.
By Major A. G. Leonard. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894.)
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Our Book Shelf. Nature 50, 195–196 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050195a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/050195a0
