MERAWI IN 1897 England. Each day they would go to Colonel Wingate's hut either to ask if there was anything to report, or to get their telegraphic drafts censored, but this proceeding occupied very little of their time, and had they not devoted themselves to the study of the country and the native, they would have had practically nothing to do. It was impossible for them to make excursions in the desert or on the river, for every native boat was in the hands of the authorities, and every beast belonged to them ; and the A PORTION OF THE CAMPING GROUND OF THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS AT MERAWI.

correspondents could neither go forward nor backward. Mr. Maud, the artist sent out by the Graphic, found plenty of work to do in sketching the members of the various tribes who came to Meravvi, and camp scenes, &c., and many of the excellent drawings which he sent home after he left Merawi bear testimony to the value of the " studies " which he was able to make there comparatively at his leisure. To every one's great regret, Mr.

Fred Villiers, of the Standard, fell sick of the fever of the country, and was ill for weeks. Merawi in October is not a good place for fever-stricken men. The site on which the war correspondents had been allowed to camp had its drawbacks, and i8q