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to cold ; the influence of cold brings the temperature of the
camel down as I have often observed after heavy storms.

The normal morning temperatures are highest after the
stifling nights of June before the break of the rains.

When flies, especially biting-flies, are numerous, as in
some places in the rains, the temperature of the camel is of
little use in diagnosing disease since the irritation caused by
the attack of flies often causes it to rise to 103° and 104° F.

Musth (rutting) in the male camel does not influence
his temperature much, even when he is severely " upset"
by the condition.

The influence of watering in the camel's temperature
probably varies according to the practice in vogue in
different countries as regards frequency of watering, but it
only makes a difference of a fraction of a degree in the cold
weather.

A camel-bacha of six months old (healthy as regards
Surra, because it had not yet passed through a Surra season),
examined for four days consecutively, registered a tempera-
ture ranging from 99° F. to 100.8° F. at 6 A.M., and from
101° to 101.8° F. at 6 P.M. Its blood was examined daily for
trypanosomes, but none were present.

The Pulse of the camel can be felt when the animal is
in a sitting position. The artery which is most suitable for
the purpose is the posterior tibial artery at a point about
7 inches above the point of the hock and about 1 inch to
the inner side of the " tendon of Achilles." As far as I
am aware, the credit of finding a practicable situation for
examining the camel's pulse is due to Khuda Baksh, Veterin-
ary Daffadar, of 56th (Montgomery) Camel Corps.

It is, however, difficult to feel unless the camel is sitting
with his hind feet flat on the ground with his hocks raised ;
there is sometimes great difficulty in finding it if the camel
is sitting with heels and hocks on the ground, or in ascer-
taining the strength and fulness of the pulse satisfactorily
unless the camel is made to sit in the former position.

As to the frequency of the pulse in the healthy adult
camel at rest, in the early morning it varies from 32 to 44
per minute and in the evening from 36 to 50, averaging
about 44 at about 6 P.M. It is common to find an irregular,