MERAWI IN 189; correspondents. Still further on was the landing stage to which Mr. Loiso, the well-known army-contractor, brought his cattle and his stores, and close by were the fields in which they pastured for a short time after their arrival.

Returning now to General Rundle's house, and passing up stream, we came to the large open space, in the centre of which was the flagstaff, from which flew from dawn to sunset the SIGNOR CALDERARI, THE ITALIAN MILITARY ATTACHE ON THE SIRDAR'S STAFF.

Egyptian flag. In one corner of this space was the tent of Major W. H. Drage (now Colonel Drage Pasha), the chief of the Army Service Corps at Merawi. This officer controlled all the supplies of every sort and kind which were required by an army often or twelve thousand men, and it was popularly believed that, if called upon to do so, he could at any time of the day or night tell the Sirdar the exact position cf every stern-wheeler on the river, what stores she was carrying, how long they would last, and also the i8i