176 SERVICE AND SPORT IN THE SUDAN 



Murad's recruits were in charge of a donkey they 

 simply left him and fled away also 2 carriers ran 

 away, the onb did not come ^^et, this night I am 

 making 3 sentries to guard the company especially the 

 recruits, the prisoners and the rifles amt, donkies &c. 



1 wish we had tied Andal his escape would have been 

 made rather impossible " [He was so pessimistic that 

 he added "rather" as an afterthought.] " It is impos- 

 sible to have perfect work done by such undisciplined 

 men as these I have made my murasla and the 2 

 remaining very old men to be on guard to-night with 



2 others am now afraid the recruits will run away I 

 shall be moving very slow. The donkies are tired and 

 we are short now of three carriers (including the man 

 who carried your paper to me). It is very unpleasant and 

 annoying to have to transmit such bad news to you, I 

 am now waiting for your immediate instructions and 

 help if possible. 



" I had intention not to move on tomorrow but the 

 men have but very little food remaining and I have to 

 move on but very slowly. 



"A man of Andal fired also when our men fired 

 (according to the 3 men's statements) but this is to 

 complete the trick. (Sd. N. G. Tibshekani. 



" 23. 1. '905." 



On receipt of this letter there was but one thing 

 to do — hurry into Kabalosu and send out carriers and 

 food, so I sent him a message to this elTect. 



The mountain he speaks of was not Busa, which 

 is a hill six or seven hundred feet high, as I remember 



