across the desert to Gubat. This march, 

 336 miles, occupied from January 8 to 

 February 20, 4 miles only being covered 

 in the hour they were moving on the last 

 date. They halted on the i3th at Gakdul ; 

 whereby the average day's journey works 

 out at nearly 26 miles per day, or, if we 

 ignore the march (4 miles in one hour) of 

 January 20, at nearly 28 miles per day. The 

 hardest day was the i6th, when the regi- 

 ment travelled 40 miles in n^ hours, from 

 4.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the horses receiving each 

 half-a-gallon of water and 4 Ibs. of food 

 grain. Their ability to work on scanty 

 diet was put to the test on this fortnight's 

 march. The average daily ration for the 

 first ten days was from 5 to 6 Ibs. of grain 

 and 2 gallons of water ; the horses covering 

 an average of 31 miles per day exclusive 

 of the halt at Gakdul on the I3th. 



When the final advance to the Nile was 

 made, the horses went fifty- five hours with 

 no water at all, and only i Ib. of grain; some 

 15 or 20 horses were upwards of seventy 

 hours without water. During their halt at 

 Gubat from January 20 to February 14, 

 they had received but one ration of grain, 

 6 Ibs. given them two days before they had 

 to start for the Nile. During this period 



