The New York herald., 1868-02-20


sive and exceedingly complicated but for the
carriage OF baggage and box 8 are excellent, and
they have the advantage of CALLING the mules
backs much less than most other sorts. by the
side OF these are thousands OF Bombay pads tor
mules. These are very simple and cheap, and Tor
the carriage of stores and bags of rice, &C.. they
are very good. but they certainly give many more
sore backs than do the stage saddles. Near these
are piles OF camel saddles and furniture. These
are the land transport stores; their camp is
quarter OF mile distant. but the bulky part oi the
stores have been unloaded here until an oppor-
animals are landed they are saddled here and then
taken on to the lines. Near this ID the commits
sariat yard. Here are great piles OF rIce
aud grain. stacks OF compressed nay, nnes
OF barrels Of rum, OF shee Clarified butterl
and Of biscuit, chests OF tea, bags OF
salt, OF sugar. and Of -four; in fact, all that is
necessary Tor the feeding of an army. We find on
entering the camp that the pleasant green which
had looked 80 fresh in the morning, rs We saw It
from the ship, is o nero delusion. A few stunted
bushes. with dry. withered leaves, are scattered
over plain of sand as fine as the finest flour, and
in which ones feet sink several inches, raising
cloud Of dust we walk. Near where the tents
are pitched we find that the bushes have been
cleared away, and that there is nothing but .
clear expanse OF dust We turn towards the lght
when we have passed the store yard, and in
quarter of mile we come upon the camp Of the
Fourth Europeans. This Is q British regiment,
which In India are called the European regiments
The men are all in their Indian clothing. Tn is .
complete suit OF kaskeo, sort OF tough drill. and
which in India 10 white and which has been dyed
gray or brown according to the fancy of each COM
heads the men wear thick felt helmet covered
with kaskee to match their dress. It s not
pretty uniform, but is very servceabse for CAM
paigning. The men and officers are alike encamped
III large sngle.poled, double tents, as USED in
India. These tents are only to be used when here
upon the plain. They are much too weighty to
be taken forward. These European lines are
pitched at quarter OF mile distant from the sea.
Napier, General Sir Charles Stavely and
their stats. Next to the Fourth regiment are the
Royal Artillery. Further inland we come upon q
long line Of tents. These are those OF the Madras
sappers and miners, the Third native reg ment and
the Twenty-tifth native regiment. Sc regi-
ments look 1T a short distance far mo English
than the English regiment itself does. They are
all dressed in the regular British uniform-scarlet
tuncs and white cross belts, and black trowsers
with red piping. The only difference is in the
head gear Round their black forage caps they
wear puggeres-that is, scarfs-of various
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Tenth native infantry, now at Senate, have white.
The native regiments arc encamped in tents simi-
lar to those they use in India. These are called
routes. They are made of rather thin canvas,
lined with bunting. They are too hot for Euro
peans under tropical sun, but the troops will all
have to use them when they get upon the
plateau. The native regiments although when in
uniform they resemble English soldiers, when they
are OF parade have no semblance to anything
military whatever. They discard all articles OF
European attire and come out in their own Indian
dress. AS the men are recruited from all parts
and among all the tribes Of India, we have ut
glance before us representatives Of all her numer.
Gus people and stumes SikhS aud Punjaubs,
Hillmen and Mahrattas, Mussulmans and Hindoos
and hundred Others are here, some in flowing
garments and turbans, others with only Q scanty
cloth. q
to bright bronze. Taking them IS whole they
ape very fine, tall race of men, and their upright
carriage and tree. graceful walk render them as
soldierly looking set OF men as one would wish
to command.
At some little distance from the camp have
described we came upon small detachment Of
Scinde horse. There are only two companies
here. as they are pushed forward as fast as they
arrive, in order that their ,rses may, as far as
possible, escape the disease which is decimating
the baggage animals of the expedition. The
horses are rough ugly animals, for the regiment is
cult to obtain. The uniform is long, green frock
coat and trousers to match. large red puggery
is wound round their heads. Next to these 10 .
THIS is Q splendid regiment. There is hardly
man in it Of less than six feet high. They are,
too, q broad-shouldered set of fellows, and are
admirable to see at work. Their uniform is all
gray cotton, with CATERS, and they wear very
large, claret colored puggery like turban. Each
man carries in addition to his arms . pick or
shovel and the duty is to clear roads and execute
works well as to fight. When ut work they
from the Iunjaubers 10 the bazaar, two long lines
of booths or hu 8 composed OF mating. 1t does
not look promising, but everything in the way of
promise. Wines and spirits can be purchased
there at, OF course, exorbitant prices. Near the
bazaar we came upon the transport train lines,
which are, perhaps, the most interesting por
tion Of the whole camp: Here are long
strings Of baggage mules and ponies;
carts, with the mules which draw them;
next we have line OF baggage bullocks. small,
hardy creatures, and then three or four hundred
Of the magnificent draught cattle, huge, Brahmin
bulls, some OF them twenty hands high. Next TO
these are the camel lines, with hundreds Of the
uncouth animals. Again beyond these are the
elephants, which arrived only the other day. and
which have astounded the natives more than any
thing they have yet seen. They know elephants,
and to their cost, for in the wet season they
abound here; but they know them only az irwin
c,ble enemies, who ravage their fields; so on
them these huge beasts, in . state OF servituds,
obeying orders, lying down and getting up when
ordered, and carrying enormous loads. strike them
dumb with astonishment and admiration. These
animals of the transport train have come from all
parts of the land-from Bengal, Bombay and
Madras; from Persia, Arabia, Egypt Smyrna
Italy and Spain have come the mules and ponies,
the oxen and camels. Each Of these countries,
the transport train lines we go down to the water.
ing place. Tits is a long trough, at one end Of
which stand numbers OF large tanks.
1t sounds almost impossible but it is fact, that
all tho water for the use of the 10000 men and
1000 animals here has to be made--extracted
from the sea by condensers. Much OF II is made
on board the steamer, whose boilers at worle
night and day, and there are also condensing en-.
gines on shore, or rather upon o small artificial
island near the troughs, which turn out large
quantities Of water in the twenty-four hours.
During the early days OF the expedition six weeks
since, there was intense suffering among the ami.
mals-pafty due to shortness Of water. and partly
to the general desertion which took place among
the Arab and Egyptian mule and camel drivers I;
but this is now past and the transport service is
golrg on most satisfactorily. Every animal has
sufficient water and forage the hay and grain
coming from Bombay, which may be considered
the base of operations. The difficulties Of this
expedition are really enormous. Forage and food
have to be brought two thousand miles, water to
be conds edupon the spot. Fortunately at Hor.
maylo. the first hating place, thirteen miles from
here, an abundance OF water Is procurable from
the wells. and from this place, as far as we have
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