izo WITH THE CAMEL CORPS UP THE NILE.

gated on every hill-top, just out of range, their white dresses showing up well against the black ground ; on our immediate left in a hollow the track which the enemy fondly hoped we would follow, and which they had commanded by small stone works on the hills near.

The signallers were already hard at work with their flags, sending back messages from the scouts of the 1 9th, when we received the order for a company from each regiment to extend and cover our front. This looked like business, and we waited impatiently for further orders. My company (under the command of C ) happened to be extended on the right front flank, and eagerly we watched the niggers dancing about on the hills, some 2000 yards off. C , a former musketry instructor, with ideas of his own about the effect of long-range fire, was most anxious to experiment on them by means of section volleys, but he couldn't get leave, and had to fall back on theorising.

On our left we saw a strong detachment of Mounted Infantry and Blue-jackets (with their Gardner) climb a hill the other side of the pass, proceed to build a stone wall enclosure, and mount the Gardner