Note 196 — JOURNAL.
Reading edition
On the page opposite the one which contains this paragraph General Gordon has pasted cuttings from the paper to which he alludes. One of these cuttings says, “An official telegram received here from Wady Halfa states that, owing to the unprecedented lowness of the Nile, no confidence is felt in the practicability of hauling boats over the cataracts till the end of September.” General Gordon’s comment written against this is, “It was not a low Nile—it was an average Nile, only you were too late.”— Ed.