176 Seven Years in the Sondan.

that 110 one considered either tlie honour of his famil}'' or his substance safe. It is tlierefore eas}' to imagine what displeasure Gordon must have felt on seeing himself betrayed by a man in whom he had placed so much confidence, and to whom he had granted the high emolum.ent of 150/. a month.

And here I must go back a step. At Fadasi I had received a number of the Esjjloratore (No. IX., 187?), containing the following article, entitled '■Slaverj'aGovernment ]\[onopoly." It ran as follows :— " From the Egyptian Soudan we received sad news which make us fear for the safety of the G essi-]\[atteucci Expedition. Gordon Pasha, who was already suspected of being opposed to any geographical expeditions made in the districts o-overued bv him — a proof of which are the expeditions of Junker, Marno, and Lucas — has recently sent a circular to the consuls of Khartoum, in which he clearly shows his aversion to such undertakings, and communicates the conditions he wishes to impose on all travellers in the Soudan. These conditions are really ridiculous ; for example, without the order of Khedive no one can have camels gratis, as if they had hitherto travelled gratis in the Soudan ! Neither is it permitted to hire armed servants without the authority CAPTAIN MANFRED CAMPHBIO, EDITOR OF THE Eicploratore.