Our Change Of Camp Made No Difference In The Feed, For On The 9th Another Camel Was Found Dead In The Morning - Poor Redleap, Who Had Never Once Shown A Sign Of Giving In, Killed In A Matter Of A Few Minutes.

We examined his body, swollen to a tremendous degree, the usual indication of poison-plant - evidently very virulent and painful, for we could see how, in his death agony, he had torn up the ground with his teeth, and turned and bitten himself most cruelly.

It was clear we must move again. As we prepared to load up, Stoddy was suddenly seized with the poison sickness, and careered at full speed round the camp in circles, falling down and rolling in agony at intervals. After a lot of trouble we stopped him, threw him, and roped him down; administered a gallon of very strong Epsom salts and water, then a dose of soapsuds, and bled him by slitting both ears. This unquestionably saved his life, for the first two remedies take too long to act. This scene had a curious effect on the other camels, and for days after Stoddy was avoided, nor would any bear being tied on behind him without snapping their nose-lines or breaking their nose-pegs to get away.

Further down the creek, some six and a half miles from the hills, is a fine flat of grass and herbage surrounded by large white gums - this is practically the end of the creek, and to this spot we shifted camp, packing water from the pool.

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