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 CANADIAN VOYAGEUKS 
 
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 IN EGYPT. 
 
 BY JAMES D. DEER, 
 
 (of caughnawaga), 
 one of their number, 
 
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 CANADIAN VOYAGEURS 
 
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 Our party left Caughnawaga on Saturday afternoon, 
 September 13, 1884, amid the sorrowful good-byes 
 and warm wishes of a host of friends, some of the 
 younger ones coming with us as far as Lachine, and a 
 a few to Montreal. We had a very short time to 
 spend in their company, as we wore almost immediate- 
 ly ordered on board of the ship. On Sunday morning 
 our ship, the " Ocean King," left Montreal and on 
 Monday, the fifteenth instant, we anchored at Quebec. 
 Here we had an opportunity of writing to our friends, 
 of which many of us took advantage; here also we 
 were joined by Louis F. Jackson, who had been ap- 
 pointed foreman of our party. After remaining in 
 Quebec for one day we set sail for Cape Breton on 
 the sixteenth instant. The passage down the Gulf wtis 
 a rough and stormy one, and it was here that we 
 
re/ eived our first taste of sea-sickness. We arrived 
 at Sydney, Cape Breton, on the eighteenth instant, 
 where we stopped for coal. Having heen then five 
 days at sea we were all anxious for permission to go 
 on shore, which permission we obtained from Colonel 
 Denison, but were disappointed on being obliged 
 by the officers to march in gangs. In this fashion we 
 walked some distance along the beach, when we were 
 halted and given leave to bathe, if we wished to, but 
 the water being very cold not many availed them- 
 selves of the privilege. After the bath we all expected 
 we would have a chance to visit the town, but in this 
 we were again disappointed, as we were marched 
 straight back to the ship. After dinner we hoped 
 again for a chance to see the town but were not 
 allowed on shore again ; some of the lads, however, 
 went without leave, and of these, many returned to 
 the ship, later, in an intoxicated condition. The ship 
 hauled out into the middle of the bay about eleven 
 
 p.m., so that many of the pleasure. seekers could not 
 get on board until morning. When the truants 
 
 had all been collected the captain ordered one young 
 
 lad to be .tied to a post, and when the boys asked, 
 
 rather indignantly, what it was for, they were told 
 
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that he had never been hired, but had slipped on 
 board, and therefore could not go, but must bo sent on 
 shore. We raised amongst uu a purse of twenty 
 dollars for the boy, of which the captain subscribed 
 five dollars himself; tho lad said he had friends in the 
 town, started off happy, and we saw him no more. 
 
 On the nineteenth instant we got once more under- 
 way, and this time our ocean voyage had commenced 
 in earnest; many of our party were very seasick, 
 among the worst cases being M. Jacob, John Morse 
 and John Deer, all of which had a pretty hard time 
 of it. Another voyageur, a Manitoban, having some 
 other trouble besides the sea-sickness, became very ill ; 
 he died on the twenty-sixth instant and was buried 
 the next day. It made ue all feel sad to see the body 
 of our poor friend and comrade launched into the sea, 
 and I think that after his sudden death the men were 
 more careful of their health, and took more exercise 
 and fresh air upon the deck. 
 
 On the tenth day after leaving Cape Breton we 
 sighted Cape St. Vincent, and sailed into the Straits of 
 Gibraltar ; two days later we reached Gibraltar, and 
 once more let go the anchor. The fortifications here 
 are, of course, the chief attraction, and our party 
 
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 having obtained leave to visit them, we borrowed a 
 
 boat from the captain and started for the shore. We 
 
 had a splendid day and enjoyed ourselves well. As 
 the forts are closed at 6. 30, our orders were to return 
 
 to the ship at seven ; the most of us did so, but some 
 of the tardy ones who did not get to the gates i?i time 
 were locked in for the night. The next day no one 
 was allowed on shore at all. Once more we weighed 
 anchor on September thirtieth ; this time for Alexan- 
 dria. During this part of our trip we amused ourselves 
 with sports of different kinds, the most popular of 
 which was the " Tug of War " in v/hich our Indian 
 team, led by our foreman Jackson, came off victorious, 
 beat'ng the Manitoba, Ottawa, Peterborough and 
 Three Kivers teams each three times in succession. 
 Besides these sports we had concerts and dancing, as 
 we had several good fiddlers in the company. The 
 monotony of our voyage was also varied by the sight 
 of several whales, porpoises, and other monsters of 
 the deep. About this time a very interesting lecture 
 was given to the voyageurs by our medical attend- 
 ant, Dr. Nelson: He impressed upon us the impor- 
 tance of being strictly temperate in Egypt, and 
 explained carefully the effect that the liquor of that 
 
country would have upon those who were foolish 
 enough to indulge in it. As a result of his very 
 earnest appeal to us many of the men solemnly 
 kissed the Bible, and took oath to abstain entirely 
 from intoxicating drink. In connection with these 
 good resolutions I regret to say that some of the first 
 to take this oath wore among the first to afterwards 
 break it. 
 
 We reached Alexandria on the eighth of October, 
 and remained on board ship the first night. In the 
 morning, after supplying us all with helmets, we were 
 marchea direct to the train which was to take us to 
 Cairo. At Cairo we first saw the native Egyptians ; 
 their complexion is very dark, but not so dark as 
 Negroes; their hair is straight, and they scarcely 
 wear any clothing. After supper on the evening of 
 the ninth we took the train for Assout. We found 
 the cars very uncomfortable ; they were something 
 like cattle cars, open and without windows ; so that 
 the sand blew in upon us like drifting snow, giving 
 the men an extremely dirty and travel-stained 
 appearance. At Assout we were marched from the 
 train to the river to take the barges, and on the way 
 met a party of forty soldiers with a lot of Arab prison- 
 
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 ors^ said to bo the men who killed Colonel Stewart. 
 Once on the barges our cooking utensils were served 
 out to us, and other necessary preparations made for 
 ihe trip. At this point we had dealings at different 
 times with some of the friendly Arabs, but found them 
 extremely tricky and dishonest. 
 
 We started from Assout for Assoun on the twelfth 
 instant and were thirteen days and a half on the way. 
 Every night we were obliged to land, as there were 
 so many sand-bars in the river that the steamer 
 could not proceed in the dark. One night some of 
 our mcL were looking for melons in one of the gar- 
 dens when they were chased by Arabs and a scuffle 
 ensued, in which one of the Avabs was killed by a 
 revolver shot from one of the voyageurs. At our next 
 stopping-place Colonel Denison received a telegram 
 regarding the affair, and tried hard to discover the 
 oflfender but without success; he was therefore 
 obliged to be i;ontent with imposing a fine of thirty-five 
 dollars on each man who was on shore that night, 
 besides demanding all the revolvers in the company. 
 On' the sixteenth instant we arrived at a mud town 
 called Gralegea and stopped for coal. Some of us went 
 on shore, where wo met a party of Arabs who took us 
 
to the GcYernor's house which was built of mud, but in 
 much better style than those surrounding it. The 
 chief treated us very kindly, and supplied us with 
 coffee and cigarettes, after which we thanked him in 
 the best way we could and started back to the ship. 
 While returning to the boat wa were stoned by a party 
 of five hundred Arabs, and some of our men badly 
 hurt ; one of the stones struck Capt. Omah on the 
 head, and would certainly have killed him had it not 
 been for his helmet. 
 
 And now the steamer was starting up the Nile, and 
 we were not to stop again until we came to Assoun 
 from whence we took the train to a place called Shallel 
 From Shalle we took the whale boats and were towed, 
 by steamer <^ Wady Haifa.'' During this part of the 
 journey we saw on the banks of the Nile many old 
 ruins, as well as two of the great temples. On the 
 twenty fifth instant we stopped about a mile from 
 these temples, and were allowed to go and see them. 
 The firet one we entered was built on a rock, and was 
 about one hundred and fifty feet high ; on either side 
 of the door was an immense figure of a man whose 
 feet were aine feet long and three and a half wide. 
 Inside of the temple the walls, which were six feet 
 
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 thick, were covered with carvings of the different 
 kinds of animals. The height inside was only about 
 thirty feet, all cut out of solid rock. The other 
 temple was just the same, only smaller. The next 
 night we camped five miles below Wady Haifa at 
 the first cataract, and the following morning went on 
 as far as Gemia, from which place we were to take 
 the boats up the rapids of the Nile. 
 
 All was now ready for the ascent of the rapids, and 
 the next morning six boats were ready to proceed. 
 
 Jackson divided the men, putting six in each boat, 
 and thus we began the journey under the command 
 of Colonel Alleyne and three other oflScers. We reached 
 Sarrass, a distance of twenty miles, early in the after- 
 noon without accident ; loaded our boats, placing three 
 thousand lbs. weight in each boat, and rowed one mile 
 farther up the river that night. Here we landed and 
 after pitching the officers ' camp we prepared tea. 
 
 After tea a number of us walked b^tck to Sarrass to 
 get some of the things that had been left; and two of 
 us, myself and a friend, went as far as the railway 
 station to write some letters home, knowing that it 
 would be a hard matter to obtain writing materials 
 after we got farther up the river. Between Sarrass 
 
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 and the place we had camped there were some 
 commissariat stores with Egyptian sentries, and my 
 friend and myself had some trouble in passing them, 
 as the guards took us forlthieves md in the dark we 
 ran a great risk of being shot. When we got back to 
 the camp the officers cautioned us against going 
 about at night, and told us when it was actually 
 necessary to be abroad after dark that we should 
 always be together. 
 
 The next morning, which was the last day of 
 October, after an early breakfast, we again took to 
 the boats, and having a fine breeze we put up the 
 sails and made good headway. The last boat in our 
 little fleet was in charge of Peter January, who was 
 supposed to steer while Louis Capitaine, another of 
 our Indian boatmen, was to manage the bow. Lord 
 
 Perry, however, the officer in this boat, took the tiller 
 in his own hands and announced his intention of steer- 
 ing the boat; as January was at the bow, Capitaine 
 was displaced altogether, and was, in consequence, 
 extremely sulky and bad-tempered. About noon we 
 entered a very swift rapid, and all but the last boat 
 went through safely. When the last one, which was 
 January's boat, came to the rapids she was not steer- 
 
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 ing very well, and Capitaine stepped to the bow with 
 his paddle, to assist. Being so angry he was probably 
 careless and thrusting his paddle too deep into the 
 water the force ftthe rapid threw him over the bow 
 and about ten feet clear of the boat. He sank twice, 
 then called loudly for help ; they threw him some of 
 the oars, a life belt, and a rope, none of which he could 
 reach as the whirlpool caught him again and he sank 
 once more. When he came up for the last time an 
 oar was thrown to him, and he caught it by the blade 
 
 but disappeared immediately taking the oar which, 
 he held upright, with him. We never saw him again, 
 and thus another of our Indian friends was taken from 
 us. 
 
 We found it very difficult to ascend some of the 
 rapids, but managed to get through without any 
 wrecks. All the way from Sarrass to Sacremento, a 
 distance of one hundred miles, we saw nothing but 
 sarid and rock, only once in a while coming across a 
 mud-house without any roof, and here and there a 
 few date trees. We could see the Arabs watering their 
 crops with buckets made of goat-skin with a hoop 
 round the top. Some of these men go naked, while 
 others wear small aprons and most of them are bare- 
 

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 headed. Their principal food is dates and corn, with 
 a kind of grass which they grow themselves. At times 
 we offered them some of our corned beef, but they 
 always refused it. We passed a ^ttfm&ny old ruins 
 on the way, some of them on islands in the river, and 
 others on the banks, high on the top of the rocks, 
 where they looked in danger of falling into the river. 
 The first Arabic word we learned was " backsheesh '* 
 which means present or gift, and we were toid that 
 the word " finish " meant nothing to give, and conse- 
 quently it was a word we heard very often. 
 
 We reached Sacremento on the fourth of Novem- 
 ber, and here we washed our boats, turning them up- 
 side down and cleaning them thoroughly. Here also 
 we got some fresh beef, but it was so abominably tough 
 that we could not eat it. During all this time we had 
 not had any fresh bread, hard tack being the only 
 thing obtainable. We camped that night at Sacre- 
 mento, and the next morning started back down the 
 river, running each rapid on the way. We camped at 
 the foot of the last rapid, and arrived back atSarrass 
 the next morning at eight ; running the one hundred 
 miles in one day. We found the rest of the Cana- 
 dians at Sarrass on their way up '.the river with the 
 
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 soldiers, of which they had ten in each boat, together 
 with their kits, rifles and swords, and one Canadian 
 to each boat. When starting away again from Sar- 
 rass, John Morj^one of the Caughnj^waga men, had 
 his boat smasWPby running against a Frenchman's 
 boat, and, although they tried to repair it, it still 
 leaked so badly that it iiad to be abandoned. Before 
 we started again eleveu boats of Dongolias arrived 
 from Gemia ; these men were brought to tow the boats 
 oyer the rapids but they were found to be so lazy and ^ 
 worthless that when we got to Seraneh Lord Avon- 
 more, who was in charge of the party, decided to 
 leave them there, which was done. 
 
 At Ambougol Eapids we passed the Essex regiment 
 and here one of the soldiers was drowned attempting 
 to jump from the boat on to a rock — he sank immedi- 
 ately, and we saw him no more. We had very hard 
 work going up the rapids this time, as we had only 
 four in a boat, and when towing had only six to pull. 
 At Dal Shallel rapids the boat that I was in stuck on 
 a rock, and one of the boys and myself got out on the 
 rock, waist deep in water, to push her oflP. I put 
 my shoulder against the boat, and as she started I 
 tumbled into the water, going straight down ; I for- 
 
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 tunately earae up near at hand and was fished out with 
 a pike pole, by Joe Mungo. I considered myself 
 very lucky to get out so easy. 
 
 The next day we came down Jtt^^hallel Eapids 
 passing the soldiers' boats on the ^^7 and about here 
 we were stationed for the following three months. The 
 Canadians brought us the news that John Morris 
 another of our Indian friends, had been drowned at 
 Ambougol Eapids, also that the French had five men 
 o drowned on the way. Besides these we afterwards 
 heard that fifteen soldiers had been drowned, two of 
 the South African crew, two more of the Caughna- 
 waga boys, one of the Peterborough men, and one of 
 the Manitoba men, named Fletcher, all sharing the 
 same fate. Our work on the rapids of the Nile was 
 extremely dangerous, and it is a wonder that there 
 were not more accidents. One day Joe Mungo and 
 another of our fellows got in by the boat capsizing. 
 The lad who was with Mungo clung to the boat and 
 was saved by a rope being thrown to him, but Mungo 
 himself sank at once, and when he came up we saw 
 that he was fast floating down the river. There was 
 no way to save him where ho was, and we knew that 
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 Should the man live to go through this second water- 
 fall we thought we might save him so we called out 
 ** Hurrah, boys for the boat " and started as fast as we 
 could run. We reached the rapids a little before he 
 did, and saw hilMjHpk in them, but we pushed off the 
 boat and got out in the river as he came up again : he 
 was just finished, could only move his arms, and when 
 we reached him a pikepole he made one last effort 
 and caught it. He was unconscious when we pulled 
 him inio the boat, and it was some days before he 
 recovered. The next day another fleet of boats came 
 in, and when one of them was being pulled in by a 
 guide rope, the bow came out. The lad who was 
 pulling on the rope was thrown in to the rapids, but 
 managed to get into a biscuit box ; we caught him in 
 the same way we did Mungo at the foot of the second 
 rapid, but he was all right, as he had kept in the box 
 and had not gone under water. After these various 
 accidents Lord Avonmore, who was in charge of the 
 rapid, would not allow any more boats to ascend it, so 
 the soldiers were obliged to carry the boats* three 
 miles over land, and a gang of six Indians were sent 
 us to help them. 
 
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 front, and wanted eight of us Indians to go with him^ 
 but none of the party would agree to go. Colonel 
 Alley ne said that none of us would be forced to go 
 to the front, though he would be willing to re-engage 
 any who chose to remain until 41 war was over. 
 None of the Indians, however, remained, excepting 
 one of the foremen named Delisle and three others. 
 On the tenth of January our little party of eight was 
 sent about fifteen miles up the river for a wrecked 
 boat. We were somewhat afraid that we would have 
 trouble in running the boat through the rapids, but 
 we managed it all right, bringing it into Sacremento 
 that evening, and walking three miles across the 
 desert to Dal Shallel where we all reported safely. 
 The next morning we received orders to leave for 
 Tanjure, and arrived there that afternoon, where we 
 reported to the commander, who ordered us to 
 receive rations for ^Ye days, and said that camels 
 would take our kits and tents to the foot of the 
 Cataract, where we must camp again, and wait for 
 the convoy to take us to Ambougol. We had only 
 one day to wait when the convoy of Egyptian 
 soldiers arrived, and they brought us down to Semnoh; 
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 marched six miles across the desert to the railroad, 
 the camels carrying our baggage. We wont by train 
 to Sarrass, and there changed cars, and proceeded to 
 Wady Haifa, where we arrived on the fifteenth in- 
 stant and campecflhere to await the arrival of the 
 rest of the Canadians. At this place we were sorry 
 to find about fifty Canadians sick in the hospitals. 
 There were ten of Jackson's gang who came near 
 getting into serious trouble through leaving Dal 
 Shallel without orders. They came on as far as 
 Ambougol, where they were arrested and Egyptian 
 guards put over them, who held thorn as prisoners 
 until they arrived at Wady Haifa, and for three 
 days afterwards, when they were all tried by court 
 martial and fined fifteen dollars each, except their 
 foreman, who was fined twenty dollars. Allthe Can- 
 adians were now together ready ^or the home trip, and 
 Mr. Remmington, the quarter-master, gave them what 
 money they needed for the voyage. The 26th and 
 27th of January had been set apart for athletic 
 sports and holiday fun of all kinds, the officers and 
 men of all services taking part. To give an idea of 
 the amusements T give herewith a correct programme 
 of the sports. 
 
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 UNITED SERVICES ATHLETIC SPORTS 
 
 TO BE HELD AT 
 
 Monday & Tuesday, January 26 & 27, 
 
 Under the distinguished patronage of Colonel Duncan, R.A., 
 Station Commandant, and the Ladies and Officers 
 
 of the Garrison. 
 
 Sports to commence each day punctually at 3.30 p.m., 
 and a warning gun will be fired at 3 p.m. 
 
 Committee : 
 Commander Hammill, R.N., (Hon. Sec.) 
 
 Capt. VoN DoNOP. 
 Capt. Lang, 
 Capt. Owen. 
 
 Lieut. Thomson, G.H. 
 
 Qr.-Mr. McLaughlin. 
 
 I D.A.C.G. Clarke. 
 Surgeon Bond. 
 
 Judges : 
 Col. Duncan. | Capt. Owen. | Qr.-Mr. McLaughlin, 
 
 Starters : 
 Capt. Lang. | Capt. Von Donop. 
 
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 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS. 
 
 18T DAY. PRIZES. 
 
 1. 100 Yards' Flat Rack, for Lance-Corporals «. d. ». d. «. d. 
 
 and Privates, Leading Seamen and A.B.'s.. 15 7 6 2 6 
 
 2. 150 Yards, Old Soldiers (Handicap), over 
 
 8 years man's service •••• ^^ 7 6 2 6 
 
 3. 220 Yards, Native Peasant Race. No Native 
 
 allowed to enter who cannot produce a 
 
 number 50 30 20 
 
 4. Quarter-Mile Flat Race. Open to all 
 
 Comers. English and Oanadiaaj^ 20 10 5 
 
 5 Sack Raob. (1) Europeans and Oaillmans. 
 
 (2) Egyptian Soldiers ^1) | 10 6 2 6 
 
 6. Tug OF War. Ist ties (10 men a side) _ _ — 
 
 7. Steeple Chase. Open to Europeans and 
 
 Canadians 20 10 6 
 
 8. Thrbe-Leggbd Race. Natives 6 4 2 
 
 EXTRA EVENTS. 
 
 (1) Greasy Pole (vertical). (2) Most amusing 
 . and best got up Clown. (Ist tie.) g) j 10 — --- 
 
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 2nd day. 
 
 1. 100 Yards' Flat Race. Open to N. C. O.s 
 
 and Petty Officers 1^0 7 6 2 6 
 
 2. Tug of War. (1) 2nd lies; (2) Natives 15 
 
 3. 150 Yards' Flat Race. Open to Eg} it;-! 
 
 soldiers only • ^ 5 2 6 
 
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 PLATE, \ MILE. OPEN TO THE 
 WORLD 30 016 60 
 

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 5 THRBi-LBGa»D Raoi. (1) Buropeane and 
 
 CanadianB. (2) Egyptian Soldiers... (IH [^050 
 
 6 WiDB Jump. Europeans and Canadian.. 10 5 
 
 7*. Obstaclb Rack. (1) EuropeHns and (1) J 20 10 
 
 Canadians. ^2) Egyptian Soldiers. (2) -{ 15 7 « 
 
 (3) Natives (3) I 7 b DU 
 
 8. Tug OF War. Final Tie 50 25 
 
 EXTRA EVENTS. 
 
 (1) Greasy i olb (horizontal) over water or (1) f J^ J "" 
 
 mud. (2) ClowpT^inal tie.) (2) I 15 - 
 
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 # RULjES. 
 
 1st day. 
 All events requiring it will be started by report of a pistol. 
 For events (2) Boys' service under 18 years of age not to 
 count. In programme of events 8 years is 
 substituted for 10 years. Two yards start for 
 p each year of service over 8 years. 
 
 (5) 50 yards. Sacks will be provided by the 
 Committee. 
 
 (6) Boots may be worn. 
 (8) In Three-Legged Races Competitors will be 
 
 tied above the knee and at the ankle 
 
 2nd day. 
 (2) 2, 10 a side ; each side under a Sheikh. 
 (6) Three trials only allowed. 
 Extra Events.-Vrize for the Clown will be decided by the 
 Committee, and will be adjudged by them to the one who affords 
 the most amusement without vulgarity or interference with the 
 
 ^^^^'.'., K n TO«frma arft frP.P.. but the uamcs of the Oompeti- 
 land Teams, except for Extra Events, must be banded m to 
 
 
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 Commander Hammill, E.N, the Hon. Sec, at the S.N.O.'s Office, 
 on Saturday the 24th inst., between 10 a..n. and 4 p m 
 
 By the kind permission of the Officer Commanding, the mag- 
 mficent Band and Pipers of the Depot will play a choice selection 
 ot music each afternoon. 
 
 Sister Gray has kindly consented to present the Prizes ut the 
 conclusion of the 2nd Days Sports. 
 
 There will be an Entertainment on both Evenings of the 
 Sports. On Monday it will be a performance by the Officers ; on 
 Tuesday by the N. 0. O.s, P. O.s and men, when prize3 will be given 
 for the best song. No accompaniment, unless piano, allowed (1) 
 Sentimental (2) Comic Songs ; limited to 4 verses. One represen- 
 tative only of each Corps being allowed to sing; to be ehosen by 
 h,s o>VD Corps. Names of Competitors to be given in on Tuesday 
 forenoon to Capt. Owen, A.P.D. 
 
 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN T 
 
 SpoD?ts ! ! Sports : ! 
 
 WADY HALFA SPORTS. 
 
 The day opened fine for these sports, and the Programme was 
 carried out to the letter. 
 
 P • ^w%^"^'t' ^"'' ^''^"'^^^ Angus (Caughnawaga) took 1st 
 Prize (Wady Haifa Plate and 30 shillings), and James Clarke 
 (Ottawa) 2nd Prize. 
 
 In the Obstacle Race, Angus Mailloux (Caughnawaga) won a 
 splendid r&ce, taking 1st Prize, £\. 
 
 In the Steeple Chase, quarter mile, Clarke put on a fine spurt 
 near the finish, and won. but waa riio«,i«i:fi«j u,. ^l - _•._ j , . 
 
 jumped to the outside instead -^f the inside of one of the hurdles 
 
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 Clarke also took second place in the Qrst day's quarter mile, 
 having to compete against the fastest runner in the Gordon 
 Highlanders, and losing the race only by two yards. 
 
 The running Long Jump was won by W. A. Galliher, who 
 was not called upon to beat his first jump. 
 
 The Tug of War was won easily by the Canadian Team, after 
 pulling in succession the Naval Brigade, the Ordnance Store Corps, 
 and the 19th Hussars. 
 
 The names of the Canadian Team are as follows :— 
 
 Anthony Milkes. 
 
 Thomas kaloney. 
 
 Henry Chapman. 
 
 Donald McDonald. 
 
 R. Burlanguette. 
 
 Xavier Dow. 
 
 William Harris. 
 
 Fred Ayotte, 
 I George Johnson. 
 
 Alex. Kennedy. 
 W. A. Galliher captained the Team. 
 
 SPORTING NOTES. 
 
 Voyageur J. Clarke claims that he should have had first place 
 in the Steeplechase, on Monday, and so do many of his friends. 
 
 Very little money changed hands on the races. 
 
 The Canadians came near turning the Tug of War into a 
 quarter-mile Kace. 
 
 There would have been a Fat Man's Race, only for the fact 
 that no fat men could be found.— -Bully beef and biscuit. 
 
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 The sports all passed off very successfully, and 
 everyone seemed to have a good time. 
 
 On the 29th instant we started for Shallel, Jack- 
 son's men on the steamer and the rest in barges towed 
 behind the steamer. In this way we arrived at Shallel, 
 and from there took train for Assoun. From 
 Assoun to Assout we travelled by train, making one 
 stop at Essner for coal, on February 1st; and then, 
 continuing down the river, passed all the various 
 towns until we reached Assont. We arrived at this 
 place about noon, and were allowed to go on shore a 
 privilege which many enjoyed and others abused by 
 getting intoxicated ; all, however, came back safely, 
 and that evening we started for Cairo. The Govern- 
 ment had kindly arranged that all the Canadians 
 should see the Pyramids at their expense, and we all 
 anticipated much enjoyment from the trip, though 
 an unfortunate occurrence during the night, on the 
 train, rather spoiled our pleasure. Some of the men 
 who had been drinking at Assont commenced fight- 
 ing in the cars, and two poor fellows, one a French 
 man and the other an Irishman, wore thrown beneath 
 the train and killed. 
 
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 To better describe our visit to the Pyramids I 
 publish in full the Government programme issued for 
 our use at the time. It was as follows : 
 
 CANADIAISr VOYAGEUES. 
 
 The YoYAGEURS are informed that the following 
 arrangements have been made to enable them to see 
 Cairo and the Pyramids at the expense of Her 
 Majesty's Government. 
 
 The expense has been sanctioned by the Com- 
 mander-in-chief of the Expedition, in consideration of 
 the excellent service performed by the Voyageurs in 
 the Soudan, in that they have so largely contributed 
 to the success of the present campaign for the relief 
 of General Gordon. 
 
 At 7 a.m— Special train arrives at Boulac Dacrour 
 Station, Cairo, where breakfast will be ready, and 
 should be taken at once to avoid delay in starting. 
 
 One pipe and Jib tobacco will be issued per man. 
 
 At 8 a.m.— Carriages will be provided to take the 
 Voyageurs into Cairo. To prevent confusion, the 
 Voyageurs will proceed in detachments of about eight 
 
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 carriages at a time, and passing Kasr-el-Nil Bridge, 
 the Kasr-el-I^il Barracks, Abdin Square and Palace 
 the Mosque Sultan Hassan, they will be driven to the 
 Citadel and Mosque of Mahomet, Ali-where guides 
 will be in attendance. 
 
 The parties will return by the Native Bazaar and 
 Mouski to the Esbekieh Gardens, thence to Kasr-el- 
 Nil Bridge, Gizeh and the Pyramids. 
 
 At 2 p.m. — Dinner will be provided at the Pyra- 
 mids, viz. :— a portion of meat, vegetables, cheese, 
 bread, and fruit, with one bottle of beer or ginger ale 
 per man upon the production of the colored ticket. 
 
 Special guides, assisted by Bedouins of the Libyan 
 Desert, will be in attendance to assist parties in as- 
 cending the Great Pyramid, and in visiting the 
 Sphinx, the tombs, and other objects of interest. 
 
 At 4 p.m— The return will begin to Boulac Dac- 
 rour, where supper will be provided. 
 At 6.30 p.m — The train will leave for Alexandria. 
 At 6 a.m., 5th inst — The train reaches Alexandria. 
 N.B. — 1 — A military guard will be at the Railway 
 Station to talie charge of all baggage, &c. 
 
 2-~A Staff Officer of the Expeditionary Force will 
 be present, to whom all enquiries should be ad- 
 dressed. 
 
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 3— The Officers and Foremen are responsible that 
 all the Yoyageiirs adhere to the Prograame laid 
 down, except with the special permission of the Staff 
 Officer. 
 
 4— Yoyageurs are warned that, should they miss 
 the special train for Alexandria, they are liable to 
 forfeit their passage to Canada. 
 
 5— The arrangements for the above excursion will 
 be carried out by the Military Authorities, with the 
 kind assistance of Messrs. T. Cook & Son. 
 
 J. C. AEDAGH, Lieut-Colonel., A.A.G., 
 
 Commandant of Base, 
 Nile Expeditionary Force. 
 Head Quarters^ Cairo, 
 
 February 2nd, 1885. 
 After spending a day at the Pyramids and enjoying 
 the sight of these groat Eastern relics we took train 
 at 6.30 for Alexandria, from which city we started on 
 the sixth instant for home, arriving at Malta on the 
 tenth instant, without anything special having 
 occurred. On the twelfth instant we passed Gibral- 
 tar, at night, then bore away for Qaeenstown, but 
 here the engine of our ship broke down, so that we 
 -ic not reach the latter place until the eighteenth. 
 
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 We were all delighted to get to Queenstown, as we 
 considered that we had all been badly treated on the 
 ^^Poonah *' ship. The soldiers who c-ame with us to 
 Queenstown were treated very well, but the voya- 
 geurs were treated like so many dogs ; we were thrown 
 into the darkest part of the ship and served with 
 hard tack and tea not fit to drink, with now and then 
 some miserable bean soup and poor potatoes. We did 
 not get a mouthful of fresh bread on board the 
 " Poonah " unless we bought it from the baker, indeed 
 a good many of the Canadians boarded themselves 
 during the whole thirteen days that we were on 
 board this ship. At Cork the most of us went on 
 shore to see tLe town, but here again some of the 
 drinking men got quarrelling, and two of the Cana- 
 dians were arrested and locked up until the next 
 morning. On the evening of the twentieth the " Han- 
 overian " set sail for Halifax, and that same evening a 
 small party of the French on board attacked about 
 the same number of Indians, but were badly defeated, 
 the Indians getting decidedly the best of it. We 
 afterwards asked the English the reason that the 
 French had attacked us, and were told that it was 
 jealousy, as they knew that we had done better work 
 
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 on the Nile than they did. We had a pretty rough 
 passage, but were very kindly treated on the '' Hano- 
 verian." We had good cooks and bakers, had v^aiters 
 at the tables, and got fresh bread every day, indeed, 
 everything was done to make us comfortable. The 
 night we were to reach Halifax the Ottawa French 
 men came again to beat the Indians; there were 
 about one hundred of them and only about twenty of 
 us. They got sticks and broke in our door, beating 
 some of our fellows until they were nearly killed. 
 Many of our party came up and slept on the deck 
 that night. We reached Halifax at three a.m., and 
 went straight to the train, where our foreman asked 
 for a separate car for the Indians as he heard the 
 Frenchmen say that they would kill some of us be- 
 fore we got to Montreal. The conductor said we 
 could not get a car to ourselves, but on learning that 
 there was serious trouble he allowed us to wait over 
 and take the mixed train, so that we got along all 
 right until we got to Moncton, where we found the 
 Frenchmen waiting for us. The conductor then put 
 a box car between their car and ours and gave Jack- 
 son a key so that we could lock our doors, and again 
 all went right until our car ran off the track and broke 
 
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 down. We were then crowded into a baggage car and 
 for the rest of the way had rather an uncomfortable 
 time the French all the way trying to burst into our 
 car and threatening our lives. At last, however, we 
 arrived at Montreal, where we were met at the Bon- 
 aventure Station by a large crowd, among whom were 
 many well-known faces and friends from homo. The 
 next day our Indian party arrived at Caughnawaga, 
 where we had a grand reception at the Exhibition 
 Building. We were all glad to get home, glad to once 
 more see our families and friends, and all well-pleased 
 that the Egyptian Expedition was over.