1 It was not for some months after this date that the transport
officers were allowed to move their camp to a more habitable spot.
2 This regimental arrangement was carried out during the latter part
of the march to Magdala, and was found to answer extremely well.
3 My anticipations with regard to the railway were more than realised;
for the last two miles of the railway to Koomaylo were not made at
the termination of the expedition, and the portion which was
completed was, without exception, the roughest, most shaky, and most
dangerous piece of railway ever laid down. It is to be hoped that
upon any future occasion a contractor will be employed instead of an
engineer officer, who cannot have either the requisite knowledge or
experience.