g signals, father?"

"Well, my boy, as a general rule they are made by showing a light either
for a long or short period. Thus, one long and one short might be A;
one short and one long, B; two short and one long, C; and so on all
through the Alphabet. The distance was so great that ordinary lights
would not have answered, but it struck one of the engineers that with a
looking-glass the sunlight might be reflected. You know at what a
distance the sun's reflection on a window can be made out. Well, it was
tried in vain for a whole week by Lieutenant Haynes, of the Royal
Engineers, but at the end of that time he was delighted at seeing
answering flashes from the hill on which Ekowe stands. Since that time
news has been regularly received every day by this means of what is
passing in the fort.

"In the meantime preparations were being made for the relief of the
garrison. The news of the defeat at Isandula was sent home by a swift
ship, by which the particulars were telegraphed from Saint Vincent. The
people at home did not lose an hour. The _Shah_, which was on her way
home, heard the news at Saint Helena, and Captain Bradshaw, who
commanded her, at once, on his own responsibility, turned his ship's
head south, and steered for Durban, bringing with him the garrison of
the island. Some draughts from the 4th, 88th, and 99th Regiments were
brought down from the Cape; the _Boadicea_ also arrived, and every man
who could be spared from her and the _Shah_ was landed and sent up to
the Tugela.

"In the second week in March the 57th and 91st Regiments arrived from
England. One hundred and sixty men were brought over from the garrison
of Mauritius, and a few days later the 3rd battalion of the 60th
Regiment also arrived. These assembled on the Tugela on the 27th, and
that day set out. The vanguard was composed of the seamen and marines
of the _Shah_ and _Tenedos_--640 men and two gatlings, the 91st regiment
of 900 men, 400 men of the 99th, 180 men of the 3rd Buffs, 150 mounted
infantry, 200 of the mounted native contingent, and 1600 men of the
native infantry contingent. The second division consisted of 200 men of
the _Boadicea_ with gatlings, the 37th Regiment, and the 3rd battalion
of the 60th, 900 men, and two troops of mounted natives. That is all I
can tell you, my boy. The news only arrived here yesterday that they
had started. In the course of three or four more days I hope that we
shall hear that they hav