200 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

There were found among Suleiman's possessions a number of old bronze cannon, curiously ornamented, and having richly-carved wheels and stands. A large quantity of powder, government cartridges, and filled shells had also been captured, proving incontestably that the government officials had robbed the magazines and sent these munitions of war to the rebels.

As we were the first Englishmen who had penetrated so far to the west, Gessi produced in our honour a pint bottle of Bass's beer, which had been found in Suleiman's house, and insisted on our drinking it. We met at Dem Suleiman a man named Serur, who gave us the following interesting details of his life. He had been a faithful servant of Idris Bey for many years, and before the commencement of the slave war, Idris Bey was intending to send about 200 men as slaves to Shaka. As these men had been in his employ several years, Serur ventured to remonstrate with him, and begged him to reconsider the matter ; but his master was so angry at his interference, that he took up a gun and fired it at Serur, fortunately without hurting him. The slaves were, however, sent off, and upon this Serur ran away, taking with him a servant and four guns, and waylaying the party of slaves en route to Shaka, shot three of the men in charge of them, released the slaves, and escaped with them to