assailants drew off, finding it easier to plunder the better
quarters. Even if the mob had overcome the resistance of the defenders
of the lanes, they would have found little worth taking there; so some
five hundred Europeans have escaped, and these will be very useful.

"Charley Beresford has charge of the police arrangements on shore, and
he has gangs of them at work fighting the fire, and all the natives are
forced to assist. The wires will be restored in a day or two, when I
shall, of course, telegraph for instructions; and have no doubt that
Mr. Partridge will send out orders to rebuild as soon as order is
completely restored.

"I imagine that most of us will be recalled home, until that is done.
Even if the place were intact, no business would be done, as our goods
would be of little use to the navy or army; for no doubt an army will
be sent. Arabi is as powerful as ever, but now that we have taken the
matter in hand, it must be carried through.

"At any rate, there will be no clerks' work to be done here. The plans
for a new building will naturally be prepared at home, and a foreman of
works sent out. It is a bad job for us all, but as it is we must not
complain; for we have escaped with our lives, and I hope that, in six
months, we may open again. However, we can form no plans, until I
receive instructions from home."

Gregory did not go ashore for the next week, by which time order had
been completely restored, the fires extinguished, and the streets made,
at least, passable. The sailors had been aided by a battalion of
marines, which had been telegraphed for from Malta by the admiral,
before the bombardment began. The Khedive had returned to Has-el-Teen,
which had only been partly destroyed, as soon as the blue-jackets
entered. His arrival put an end to all difficulties, as henceforward
our operations were carried on, nominally, by his orders.

The American ships entered the harbour the next day and the naval
officer in command landed one hundred and twenty-five men, to assist
our blue-jackets; and, two days later, the 38th Regiment and a
battalion of the 60th Rifles arrived.

The shops in the streets that escaped destruction gradually reopened,
and country people began to bring in supplies. Many of the refugees on
board the ships sailed for home, while those who found their houses
still standing, although everything in them was smashed and destroyed,
set to work to make them habitable. Soon temporary s