-65 -paid no heed, however, but urged my men to continue their fire until the enemy fled away, leaving the ground covered with their dead, among whom were forty of the Sultan's sons. I collected all the spoils which included about two thousand shields, 2,700 tents and eight cannons, on which the name of Said Pasha was inscribed, as well as a great amount of arms and ammunition, and food which was sufficient for the army for four months. I then returned to the fortress, but Emir Mussabullah collected the remnants of the army and attacked the fort on the 8th of Sept. 1874. The fight lasted four hours, but, when the setting of the sun drew near and darkness veiled the face of the earth, he fled away with the loss of many of his following.

THE RAID OF SULTAN IBRAHIM ON DARA.

When news reached Sultan Ibrahim of the rout of his uncle, the Emir Hussabullah, he was greatly moved in his heart, and summoned all his people to arms, assembling a huge army that numbered 150,000 men, and included 30,000 horsemen, as well as a large number armed with rifles, and eight pieces of cannon. So numerous was his force thai one could not see his neighbour, though he were but five paces distant, owing to the dust that was created by the moving host. With intent to wage war upon us he appointed his eldest son Mohammed to rule at El Fasher, after extracting an oath from 5