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to send Colonel Stewart and Mr. Power
to Berber, 162
Votes of Censure in Parliament by Sir
Stafford Northcote and Sir Michael Hicks
Beach — Mr. Gladstone and the Marquis of Hartington defend the Action of
Government — An Expedition to relieve Gordon foreshadowed, . . . .170
Financial Position of Egypt in 1S83-S4 —
Useful Reforms instituted — The Indem-
nity Commission for settling Losses caused
by the Burning of Alexandria closed — A Financial Statement drawn up, and a Conference held — Lords Northbrook and
Wolseley sent to Egypt, . . .183
CHAPTER VII.
A Relief Expedition decided on — Sir Samuel
Baker's Letter to the Times on Egyptian Affairs — The Mudir of Dongola — The Army of Occupation in Egypt — Prepara-
tions at Woolwich — Mutiny of a Turkish Battalion at Cairo, . . . .186
The four alternative Routes to Khartum —
The Suakim-Berber Railway — Heavy Consignments of Plant and Materials for
the Railway— The Project abandoned — Despatch of British Troops and their
Arrival in Egypt, . . . . .192
The Nile Route to Khartum determined on
— Engagement of Canadian Voyageurs — Whale-boats for the Nile Passage — Stores and Provisions — The "Sinews of War"
sent to Lord Wolseley — The Scene at Assiout, ...... 202
Geography of Upper Egypt and Nubia —
Assiout the ancient "City of the Wolves" — Up the Nile to Assouan and Korosko
— From Korosko to Wady Haifa— The
Cataracts up to Abu Hamed — Upper and Lower Nubia, and the Belad es Sudan or
"Country of the Blacks," . . . 209
The Route of the Expedition — The Cataracts
—The Nile Valley above Wady Haifa- New Dongola — Korti, the chief Town
of the Shaikeyeh District, . . .213
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Difficulties of the Expedition — The British
Force in Egypt — Possible Advantages ol
the proposed Soudan Railway Scheme — Conditions of the Nile Ascent — Stages ol the Route — Stations established— A Nile
"Nuggar," 21S
Official Objections to the presence of News-
paper Correspondents — Enterprise of the
modern " War Correspondent " — A Cor-
respondent's Journey across the Desert — His Notes on Camel-riding — The Diffi-
culties of the Journey — Ignorance and Fanaticism of the People of the Soudan
— Scarcity of Food Supplies, . . . 225
Hauling the big Steamers up the Cataracts
— Passage of the Nassif-el-Kheir — The
Railway Buildings and Plant at Wady
Haifa — The Scene on the River Banks — The Times Correspondent describes the
Passage of the Steamer, .... 234
The Journey from Wady Haifa to Dongola
— Qualities of the British Soldier in the
trying Labour — "Tommy Atkins" when off duty, . . . . . .241
Dangers of the Nile Voyage — Accident to
the Boat in command of Lieut. Crawford
— Sir H. Stewart joins Major Gough, . 244
Lord Wolseley's Telegrams to Sir Evelyn
Baring — The Story of the Murder of Colonel Stewart, Mr. Power, and M.
Herbin the French Cousul — The Stoker
Hussein's Account of the Massacre — Fur-
ther Details obtained by Major Kitchener, 245
The Engagement of Canadian Voyageurs
for the Passage of the Nile — Cheerfulness
of the Men — Ascent of the Ambigol
Cataract — The Dongolese Boatmen and Nubians, 249
The enormous Labour of the Expedition —
The Canadian Voyageurs' Opinion of the Work — Passage of the first or Pioneer
Boats described by an Eye-witness — Names of the five Canadians in charge of
these Boats, ...... 252
A Messenger from Major Kitchener arrives
from Dongola — Lord Wolseley receives