_Deaths._--Two aged prisoners have died in the camp, both from apoplexy.
They were interred with military honours in the Moslem burial-ground
nearest to the camp.


_Exercise._--No limit is placed upon the time during which exercise may
be taken in the open space round the barracks.


_Work._--The prisoners have not to do work. Several attempts have been
made to teach them boot-making, but their results were so unpromising
that they were given up. Although there are many agriculturists among
the prisoners, it would not do to use them for work on the land along
with the natives, owing to the ease with which they could escape and the
need for having many soldiers to guard them. However, for some weeks
past the camp commandant has made trial of using some prisoners for
market gardening on lands beside the Nile, just outside the camp.


_Discipline._--Under the head of discipline there are hardly any
complaints to make, and punishment has rarely had to be inflicted. One
case of escape was punished with three months' imprisonment without any
alteration in diet. Only tobacco was cut off. An old offender was
brought before a court-martial, and sentenced by it to six months'
imprisonment. The prison quarters are cells built entirely of cement,
with two barred windows well above the ground to light the chamber,
which is of ample size.