CHAPTER III.

FIRST STAY IN EGYPT.

Disembarkation and train journey to Abbasia--The Land of Goshen --Description of the Camp--Early difficulties--Institutes--The newsvendors--Tidings from Gallipoli--Unrest in Egypt--The local command and garrison--Inspection by Sir John Maxwell--Mobilisation of the 7th Brigade--Training in the Desert--Night marches--The Zeitun School--Formation of the 2nd Australian Division--Difficulties in feeding the troops--Clothing for the Tropics--In quarantine--Sickness --Pay and currency--Mails and the Censor--Amusements--Riots--The military Police--Chaplains. =Page 28.=