The Small-Pox.

message from Mustafa Bey, to say tliat he liad telegraphed to Khartoum and that he hoped soon to send me supplies. It was now that I heard of the death of poor Rosset,' the Governor of Darfour. I had lost a friend, and the Government a devoted servant.

Fehriiarij Srd. — A violent fire destroyed the rebels' camp and many of their huts. During the fight of the day before several Besingers had deserted from Suleiman, who sent troops in all directions to retake them and capture others. Sangiak Feki Bekir, one of the principal supporters of the revolt, had received orders to go to Dem-el-Arbab. Informed of this, I sent a Sangiak (captain) with five hundred men to Dem-el-Arbab by night, and Feki Bekir, who was surrounded on all sides, was summoned to surrender.

He refused, offering such determined resistance that he was not taken until all his sixty men had been killed. This important capture led to that of a certain Ajami and Mahomet Sali, without reckoning other twenty slave dealers, who fell into our hands later, I Avill now narrate subsequent events, which I hope may be the last in this long and difficult campaign, carried on against the powerful Suleiman under such exceptional conditions of climate, mode of warfare and scarcity of resource.

Fehriiari/ 7th. — A post at last arrived from Shakka, the Governor encouraging me to persevere, and promising to send speedy assistance. Mean-Avhile I learned from a spy that Suleiman was thinking of an expedition on a large scale to cut off our communications with Rumbek. To prevent this, I made my troops perform some evolutions to make Suleiman believe we were ready to take the offensive, but he knew too well what was going on ' He was Englisli and Govnian Consul at Khartoum, and left liis post for that of Governor of Darfour, wliere he was poisoned. — Ed.

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