AmCiri, but I led his men and opened fire on the

savages, routing them and killing large numbers :

Praise be to God, the High, the Mighty. When

the merchants heard of my success they flocked

round, and I became in high estimation w ith them,

so that the natives of the country were afraid and

did not dare to renew their attack. My friend Ali

Amuri, seeing that I was the cause of his escape,

loved me exceedingly and gave me a share in his

profits, to wit one tenth of all his ivory. When the

country was tranquil again, he left me in his camp

and went to Khartoum, where he was absent for

six months, returning with more merchandise. On

his arrival he found that I had amassed such abun-

dance of goods from the products of the country,

as he would not have been able to accumulate in many years. This increased his respect for me and

he ofifered me a partnership in his traffic, liut my

soul inclined to travel and I determined to com- mence trading by myself.

JOURNEY TO KHARTOUM AND RETURN TO

THE COUNTRY OF GOLO 1858.

" Then we set sail upon the Bahr el Arab, and we ceased not to pursue our journey until we arri\ed

at the place where its waters unite with those of the

Bahr el Ghazal river. And while we thus continued

on our way, pondering upon the manifold manifes-