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Small items of news keep dripping in from Somaliland, but

their broad meaning is that a flying column has sur- mounted the difficulty presented by more than a hundred miles of waterless desert, has arrived at Bohotle, and may be able to force the Mullah to an engagement. We see no evidence, however, that the extent of his force is accurately known, and much that we are badly equipped for a sharp pur- suit. It is a pity that we were obliged by financial considera- tions to reject the Camel Corps offered by the Maharaja of Bikaneer. We may yet have to use Camel Corps a good deal in Eastern Africa, and the Indian way of making them-efficient would have added to our officers' experience.

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