Seven Years in the Soudan.

which were considerable, since he possessed four cannon of eight tons, Congreve rockets, and ammunition in enormous quantities ; besides troops armed with excellent rifles and superior cannon.

It will be seen in the sequel what my force was actually reduced to before the campaign began.

The old traders and slavers, with millions of Jelabba and Arabs, who knew Ziber senior and his valorous troops well, were firm in their conviction that all attempts to make Suleiman yield to my inferior force were ridiculous, and that the Governor-General of the Soudan could not possibly cope with Suleiman's well-trained and well-organized army.