HISTORY. 2^

seyss, eighteen in number, went before the Defturdar

to offer their congratulations according to custom, and

begged at the same time for a pair of new shoes.

" You shall have them," said he. lie now had the

farrier called, and commanded him to make eighteen

pairs of horse-shoes to fit the feet of his servants

;

these were ready on the next day, whereupon he

ordered two shoes to be nailed to the soles of the

feet of each of the eighteen servants without mercy. Nine of them died in a short time of mollification ; be then had the survivers unshod, and consigned them to the care of a medical man.

But, enough of the atrocities perpetrated by this

tiger in human shape, cruelties which are neither to

be justified nor excused. Volumes might be filled

with instances of tyranny of which this barbarian

was guilty in the conquered country of Kordofan, in

Sennaar, and Egypt. No single day passed without

its tribute to his blood-thirsty cruelty. His power

of invention of tortures for his unfortunate victims

was extraordinary, and he was always capable of

lighting upon some new mode of gratifying his re-

vengeful disposition. His name will remain unfor-

gotten for ages in Kordofan, Sennaar, and Egypt,

and is yet an object of terror to all who hear it. Mehemed Ali, wearied of the complaints which

daily reached him against this tyrant, at last had a bowl of poison presented to him. T myself saw

several of the victims of his cruelty who had been

fortunate enough to escape with their lives, but