Miscarries . 169 paying money, then I will take Bogos, Massawa, and the Abuna. I could claim Dongola, Berber, Nubia, and Sennar, but will not do so. Also 1 want certain territory near Harrar." Gordon asked him to put these demands in writing, and give the Khedive six months for reply. But the King would give no satisfactory answer. On the 6th November there was another interview. The King had evidently been put up to his first demands by the Greek Consul at Suez, who was with him at the time, and now neither liked to withdraw his demands, nor to put them in writing. After some further delays, the King at length gave Gordon a letter and let him go, which he accordingly did, and started for Gallabat, intending to go to Khartum. Before reaching Gallabat, however, the King had him arrested and brought back through Abyssinia. He reached Massawa, after much privation, on 8th December, and then ended his connection with the Sudan and Abyssinia.

Shortly before his departure he had given up the district Unyoro, and the stations of Mruli, Kodj, Foweira, Keroto, and Magunga were accordingly evacuated by Egyptian troops. Massindi and Kissima had been given up two years before. The Somerset Nile was now the boundary of the Khedive's territory, and new stations were formed to defend it, whilst the province of Makaraka was also incorporated. Dr. Emin Bey had been made Governor of the Equatorial provinces, with his headquarters at Lado, and under him were the three Mudirs of Makaraka, Kiri, and Magunga. Many improvements had been made in these provinces, and Lado was greatly increased in size and importance.

Haouf Pasha was Gordon's successor at Khartum, while a second pasha was given the government of Massawa and the adjacent coast, and a third was appointed to Berbera, Zeila, and the Harrar district. As Gordon pointed out to the Khedive, King Johannes was much too occupied with internal affairs to be able to give further trouble on the border for the present ; but in the summer of 1880, the Somalia revolted, and Egyptian troops had to be sent to aid the Governor of Harrar.

Gessi, as Governor of Bahr el Ghazal, was most successful ; he had completely stamped out the slave trade, done much to encourage agriculture, and revived to a great extent the ivory trade.