GOVERNMENT. 35 Murder, with the exception of negroes, is of very rare occurrence. One single instance of this crime occurred in the year 1838 ; the murderer was detected, and, after a short examination, hmig on a gibbet erected in front of the house of the governor. In praise of Mehemed Ali, it must be stated that there is not at present that danger for an European travelling through the country as was the case during the time it was under the government of Darfour, when no Djelabi could venture to undertake a journey into this proAdnce, excepting under the protection of a considerable escort. At present, any person may traverse the country from one end to the other without fear. I myself, on nearly all occasions, travelled alone, or merely accompanied by my servant, and never met with the slightest delay from robberies, or other hindei-ances ; on the contrary, I was everywhere received with the utmost hospitality and courtesy,—the more so when it became gradually known that I was no Turk, although of white colour, but a Frank.

Ca.ses of petty larceny are of frequent occurrence ; for thieving is almost a congenital vice with many of the negroes. What they see they wish to possess, and if it be not given to them freely, they will watch their opportunity of appropriating it to themselves ; but we never find several persons conspiring together to commit a robbery.

A single mountain,—" Mount Dyre," inhabited by negroes, who have not yet been brought to subd3