204 Seven Years in the Soudan.

me. r ordered Yussuf Bey to repair to Rohl, to provide a thousand bearers for the necessary transport of the victuals and cannon. Besides the military supi)lies, L observed a great quantity of goods which \ thought belonged to the Government also ; but afterwards learnt that these articles and cases were the private pro})erty of Yussuf Bey. The latter was preparing to de})art, and I too made arrangements to re])air to Lado to take the other two companies and the necessary ammunition. Before leaving I ordered the military magazine to be opened, Avhich was said to contain the one hundred and seventy Remington guns, and was not a little surprised that these had l)een already taken l)y Ibrahim Fauzi Bey, who had distributed them at the various stations along the Victoria ISTile. The magazine contained nothing but some hundreds of em])ty cases, and an enormous bottle of spirits.

Emin Bey had already preceded me, so as to organize matters in such a way that on my arrival all would be ready for the march ; the harif had begun long ago, and the continual rains might render progress impracticable. It was therefore advisable to set out as soon as jiossible, especially as it was feared that Suleiman might have fallen upon Rohl, paralyzing all our movements. As I was sending my effects on board I was secretly informed by a soldier that Captain Peragli had hidden sixteen slaves in a hut ; they belonged to the 170 of Makraka, whom he had been able to conceal. I seized these slaves in person, and took them with me to Lado, consigning them to Emin Bey, who had exju'essed his intention of founding an agricultural colony at Rejaf with the ransomed slaves.

I left Gaba-Shambe at the end of July, and in a few hours arrived at the station of Bohr, where I lost the whole day in procuring fuel. The commander of the station of Bohr was Surur Effendi, a Soudanese officer, who had taken part