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Updated: June 23, 2025

There was no better epitaph for so good a soldier than his name engraved on his trusty rifle. That evening every one was sad, and my people all refused their food. . . . On the following day, the wind and stream being adverse, we had much trouble in avoiding the sand-banks, and our progress was so slow that we only reached the base of the rocky hill Regiaf.

Sir Samuel White Baker - Ismailia