FROM CAIRO TO DEBBEII. 2 2 o The route to be followed in its various stages was — Cairo to Assiout, by rail, 229 miles; Assiout to Assouan, by steamer, 318 miles; Assouan to Shellal, by rail, 8 miles; Shellal to Wady Haifa, by steamer, 202 miles; Wady Haifa to Muhrat Wells, by rail, 465 miles; Muhrat Wells to Ambukol, by desert, 15 miles; Ambukol to the foot of the Tanjor rapid, by boat; loot of the Tanjor rapid to the head, by portage, 2 miles; head of Tanjor rapid to the foot of the Dal rapid, by boat; foot of the Dal rapid to the head, by portage, 4 miles; head of the Dal rapid to the foot of the Khaibar rapid, by boat; foot of the Khaibar rapid to the head, by portage, 1 x/2 miles ; head of the Khaibar rapid to the foot of the Hannek rapid, by boat; foot of the Hannek rapid to the head, by portage, 4 miles; head of the Hannek rapid to Debbeh, by boat. The total distance from Cairo to Debbeh by the Nile is 1 1 5 7 miles; deducting the distance covered by rail, steamer, and portages, as above, 830 miles, we have as the total distance traversed by laden boats 327 miles.

Alons: the route southwards stations were established at the following places: — Cairo, Assiout, Assouan, Shellal, Wady Haifa, Sarras, Muhrat Wells, Ambukol, Akasha, Tanjor, Sarka Matto (Dal), Absaret, Khaibar, Abu Fatmeh, Dongola, Korti. At each station was placed a commandant, his rank being generally that of colonel with staff decree. Under him were a detachment of Egyptian soldiers and a commissariat depot for the wants of passers-by. All proceeding up the Nile took 13 days' victuals from Wady Haifa. At Cairo the commandant was called "the commandant of the base;" and there was also a lieutenant of Royal Engineers as officer in charge of the railway base. The distance between Wady Haifa and Korti being 400 miles, there was, on an average, one commandant for every miles. On ascending the Nile, the whaler-boats carried each 100 days' victuals; but stores generally were sent up in this wise: — between Wady Haifa and Muhrat Wells, by rail; between Muhrat Wells and Ambukol, by camel; between Ambukol and Tanjor and between Tanjor and Sarka Matto, by convoys of whaler-boats; from Sarka Matto to Khaibar, from Khaibar to Hannek, and from