109 GORDON AND THE MAUD'.

COPEMAN'S CANOE RAFT.

to five hundred men, with a machine gun. After she had been launched the naval officers stated that she could not be takenup the Ambigolrapid, whereuponthe responsibility was transferred from them to Lieutenant-Colonel Wynne, who,although a mere landsman, ultimately succeeded inpassing her up in safety. She then did good serviceincarrying stores and woundedup and down the Nile, and with her small draught could be utilizedeven whenthe river was at its lowestpoint.

There was noslight difficultyin forwarding thestores which had been collected at Wady Haifa to Dongola, the next point in the forward march of theBritish ex-CAMP OF CANADIAN BOATMEN NEAR WADY HALFA.