ABBULGAS8IN. 203 richly deserved his doom, for the following reason, he ought to have been sent to Gessi. An immense quantity of ivory had been buried by him, and he had employed 200 slaves and ten soldiers in this task. As soon as it was finished, he made the soldiers kill all the slaves, so that they could not tell where the ivory was concealed. He then professed great kindness for his ten soldiers, but having arranged an ambush, he had them shot down in cold blood, and so was himself the only possessor of the secret. Gessi had written to Mesadaglia, begging him to send the man to him, in order to discover where the ivory was hidden.

His order, however, was disregarded, and it is doubtful whether the " cache " will ever be discovered, as the people are most clever in making them, and it is almost impossible to find them without a clue.

A splendid new mosque was being built at Dem Suleiman, and Gessi Pasha won many hearts by this act ; he had designed the building himself, and it was being erected at government cost.

The war against the slave-dealers had cost the government a little over $4000; but $40,000 in money, and 100,000/. worth of ivory had been captured in Dem Suleiman. This was Gessi's calculation, so the war was no loss in money to the government.

I have mentioned previously that it was argued