The gunboats went up and shelled Dongola; and when we got there, two days later, the Dervishes had had enough of it.
Of course, there was a little fighting, but it was the effort of a party of fanatics, rather than of an enemy who considered resistance possible.
"We were greeted with enthusiasm by the unfortunate inhabitants, who had been subject to the Dervish tyranny.

As a whole, however, they had not been badly treated here, and had been allowed to continue to cultivate their land, subject only to about the same taxation as they had paid to Egypt.

Of course, from what they have done elsewhere, the comparative mildness of the conduct of the Dervishes was not due to any feeling of mercy, but to policy.

As the most advanced position, with the exception of scattered and temporary posts lower down the river, it was necessary that there should be food for the considerable body of tribesmen encamped at Dongola; especially as an army invading Egypt would provide itself, there, with stores for the journey.

It was therefore good policy to encourage the cultivators of land to stay there." "Thank you very much!" Gregory said, when the officer had concluded his sketch of the previous campaign.