124 SERVICE AND SPORT IN THE SUDAN 



subordinate. Up the river at Melut was Ahmed Eff. 

 Dash, the telegraph clerk, black as your hat, and speak- 

 ing perfect English, always first to board a steamer 

 with a copy of the latest Reuter's telegrams. The 

 Mamur of Taufikia, a capable officer and great gar- 

 dener, who later served under me in the Haifa 

 Province, and many others. It is extraordinary how 

 the native, be he of any race, seems to find the soft 

 place in one's heart, and ensconce himself there. 



