BLOOD-FEUD. 81 revenge of blood. Barakau seized on every thing save the dead man's harem ; this he allowed to go free, with all its property, and also all who had not raised weapons against him. He then, with his own large means, and 1000 purses he had spoiled the dead man of, fled on his way to the Red Sea, probably intending to take shelter in India ; but, owing to his provisions falling short, he and his party lost time on their flight, and this enabled the Ababde Sheik Soliman to overtake him while resting on a hill two days' journey from the Red Sea. After a desperate resistance, Barakan and seven of his followers were slain by Soliman, who afterwards brought his head to Chartura, where, after it had been publicly displayed in the streets by a crier, we were shocked to again behold it borne before Sheik Soliman, a sly and eversmiling smooth-countenanced rascal, at his triumphal entrance into the Pascha's divan; there, held up by the bloody hair, it was exposed to the latter's inspection, who gazed on it with a truly bloodthirsty look. Some of the Bischari, tribe-fellows of Barakan, such as Sheik Mohammed, Issa of Elbe, on the Red Sea, &c. had united with Soliman in the pursuit of the fugitive, and they and their people, from their dexterity in slinging stones, had been the main cause of the victory. But what would not the treacherous Bischari do to gain the Pascha's ftivour? Between Sheik Soliman and Barakan there were, on the contrary, old feuds and hatreds; as, in earlier days, the family of the former had had the charge of the wells, and the supply of camels, but had been deprived of these profitable resources by the family of the latter. To turn the tide in his own favour, and regain these privileges, was the aim of Soliman's pursuit of Barakan, and in this he succeeded, for, on his return to Chartum, he was named Grand Slieik of the Wells, and presented with a dross and sabre of honour. During this pursuit he had followed Barakan for twelve days, without giving himself or dromedaries more than two hours' rest during the whole time, or ever lying down to sleep ! And still tlie Pascha was not satisfied; the man was dead, but where were his treasures?—for these are ever the main point — and Soliman had received the strictest orders to produce these also. "We were in the divan when Harakan's brother, the Kalif Ihissan, took his leave to set out for Berber. The Pascha was violent, harsh, and rude towards this Q