POSITION OF TEWFIK AFTER THE MUTINY. 447 Egypt from a Dervish invasion, he was shrewd enough to see that this evacuation could only be a temporary measure. In the second place, he was not slow in < recognizing that the British officials in Egypt, however much he might dislike their presence or disapprove of their policy, were developing the material resources of Egypt, and were restoring her financial credit. In the third place, there was a good deal in our English character, as compared with that of other foreign nations, which appealed to him, as it does for the most part to all devout Mahometans, especially of Turkish race. He found us, as a body, truthful and honest, not open to corrupt influences, and genuinely \ anxious to do our duty to the employer in whose service we are engaged, even if that employer should be of a different race and creed from our own. He may not have liked us, but he certainly respected us, and he was not slow in discovering that the simplicity of his domestic life, his aversion for extravagant expenditure, and the sincerity of his belief in his own faith, enlisted British sympathy on his behalf. He devoted himself to the study of English, and learnt to speak it intelligibly, though not fluently. He had his two sons educated by an English tutor, Mr. Mitchell, who is now a Consular judge in Cyprus, and he showed himself extremely friendly to all English visitors to Cairo who, as in my case, took the trouble to seek his acquaintance. He had not the singular charm of manner which redeemed so many of Ismails failings, but he impressed me as a man overburdened