3o WITH THE CAMEL CORPS UP THE NILE.

rations besides. The average weight must have been

about 3/1 o lb., distributed as under :

Man 165 lb.

120 Rounds. . . . 12

Rifle, etc 9

Forage.

. 30 Kit . 30 Rations . . . . 6 Water 40

Blankets, etc. . . .20

Saddle 30

Total . . 342 lb.

The first thing to do when we had learnt to stick

on the camels, was obviously to learn how to use them ;

but the system of drill was not perfected till some time

after, every colonel or general under whose command

we came having different ideas on the subject. So

meanwhile we studied Mounted Infantry Drill, which

subsequently we had all to unlearn again, as the idea

in that drill is for one man to hold four horses, whilst

the three remaining men of his section skirmish

around ; this was, we subsequently found, although not

impossible, quite inapplicable to our particular steeds,

and accordingly left it off after a short time, waiting

for the issue of a regulation

" Camel Drill."