cache-pot

Updated: May 9, 2025

The want of provisions was sorely felt; fortunately, as our cows had been dying daily, the troops had some sweet potatoes that had been purchased in exchange for flesh. These would last for a few days. A short time before the attack, I had promised to send Kabba Rega a porcelain cache-pot.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia

I watched them through the telescope, and, upon their arrival at the village below us, I distinctly witnessed, not only their reception by the expectant crowd, but the cache-pot was unpacked and held at arm's length above the head, to be exhibited to the admiring people. This looked well.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia