THE SURVEY CONTINUED 143 



After Alexander's arrival work went on much more 

 quickly and we got through on an average two to two and a 

 half miles a day. He brought a great many extra carriers 

 with him and hired others from adjacent villages, so that 

 altogether there were about a hundred men at work. He 

 always went on ahead with the men and had a lane cut 

 through everything, while I came behind, measuring and 

 taking angles. For the next twenty miles one had to spend 

 more than half the day up to one's knees or waist in water, 

 as swamps Uned our route on both sides. 



(End of Mr. P. A. Talbot's narrative.) 



