190 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

there was a ferry, were crossed. We marched the first day until sunset, and while we halted for supper, an interesting episode took place. One of our porters, a native, saw a girl among Saati Effendi's servants whom he said was his sister, so he came bringing her to the Pasha and asked for her to be given back to him. The Pasha made inquiries, and finding that she really did belong to his tribe, he gave the order for her to go with him ; upon which the girl flung herself down on the ground, and, clasping the knees of her master, said to the Pasha, " You may kill me, but I will never leave my master." This is an instance of what often occurs ; the slaves really become attached to their Arab masters, and, as a matter of fact, when once they become domestic slaves, they are usually kindly and considerately treated. It is the cruelty of capture, the tearing them away from their homes, and the hardships they must undergo on the march to the markets, which makes slavery horrible.

Whilst halting here, I saw for the first time the rapidity with which the natives obtain fire. The ordinary expression, " by rubbing two branches or pieces of wood together," does not give at all a good idea of the process. A dry reed is taken, about a foot and a half long, and a small notch is cut into it ; a hard piece of wood two feet long, and sharpened at one end, is also requisite. This sharp end is placed into the notch and the wood is turned by