apparatus and dressings.

If dentistry be needed, which is rare among Ottomans, it is supplied by
dentists from the town or resident in the camps.

Cases of mutilation are provided with artificial limbs.

An examination of the medical register in all the camps has convinced
us of their good sanitary condition. The small number of sick, and the
slight character of the ailments, corroborate what we have ourselves
observed from the hygienic point of view. The death-rate is very low.

Deceased prisoners are interred with military honours and according to
the rites of their religion.

The space enclosed within the camps permits the prisoners to enjoy
walking exercise as well as outdoor games.

The English military authorities have not sanctioned compulsory work for
prisoners. Except for sanitary fatigue duties, prisoners have the whole
disposal of their own time. The numerous complaints provoked in other
countries by forced labour are entirely absent among the Ottoman
prisoners in Egypt.

Imaums take religious charge, and the prisoners have full liberty to
carry out their daily worship.

Correspondence is less active than elsewhere owing to the large
proportion of illiterate prisoners. Letters are long on the road because
of the great distances traversed. The censorship is carried out in a