322 SERVICE AND SPORT IN THE SUDAN 



a slight knowledge of the geography, conditions, and 

 customs of the country to which they are going ; and 

 be able to show that they have acquired at least the 

 rudiments of some useful subject — anthropology, 

 zoology, entomology, astronomical survey, &c. As 

 the interest in books of travel increases when read in 

 the country which they describe, every mess in those 

 countries should be supplied with a suitable set of 

 works relating to the country it is in. 



