They say it is a fine open camp, as it was completely cleared by Wolseley's expedition.

Of course, bushes will have sprung up again but, fast as things grow in this climate, they can hardly have attained any great height; and we shall have no difficulty in clearing the place again.

There is a good rest house at the place, I hear, and we sha'n't be pigged in, as we were at Akroful." "Why should they build a better house there than at the other stations ?" "Because, when the river is full, there is no way of getting across; and one may have to wait there for a fortnight, before it falls." On the afternoon of the next day Prahsu was reached, after a march of twenty miles.

The greater part of the house was found to be occupied by offices and stores.

Fortunately, however, two or three tents had been brought along.