THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN peoples and places in the out-of-the-way corners of the Sudan which such visitors brought in.

The next hut we came to was that of Colonel the Hon. M. G.

Talbot, R E., who was employed by the Egyptian Government to make the triangulation and general survey of the Sudan for military purposes. All travellers in the Sudixn owe a debt of gratitude to this officer for the accurate maps which he has produced year after year, and all must regret his decision to resign THE GARDEN OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT AT MERAWI IN 1897.

the directorship of the Survey, which he has carried on with such conspicuous success. During my stay at Merawi he found time to make the plans of two groups of pyramids which are printed in this book, and to determine the orientation of certain pyramids and temples, and to render me much assistance in many ways. Proceeding down stream, we next pass the hut of Signer Calderari, the Italian Military Attach6 on the Sirdar's staff; when this gentleman left for Berber, General Rundle very kindly placed this hut at my disposal. Beyond this hut v/e came to the ground where large numbers of the cavalry horses lived, and away some distance beyond these was the camping-ground of the newspaper 180