The Meeting witJi Gordon.

proves the genuineness of these bones. A traveller, whose name I will not reveal out of respect for our country, boasts that he is taking Miani's remains to Italy ! I should like to know what kind of remains he has ! 1 much fear that he has not even an approximate knowledge of the place of Miani's burial, and certainly he does not follow that traveller's noble example, but it is better to draw a veil over such ugly things.

" Non ii rurar di J or, mn i/itarda e passa.

" R. Gessi."

At Kalaka I met a Greek, a native of Lemno, who had gone to Darfour two years before it was conquered. Knowing Arabic and the local customs thoroughly, and provided with goods useful to the inhabitants, he went there to exchange them for ostrich feathers. He adopted the name of Suleiman Effendi on leaving Khartoum, and on reaching Bahrel-Arab, stayed there for some time, establishing relations with one of the principal chiefs of Shakka, and securing his protection with a view to penetrating the country, and opening up commerce. The chief promised the Greek all he asked.

Although the Greeks are generally considered to be very acute, Suleiman Effendi did not perceive that he had fallen into a trap. When he arrived at Kalaka, the chief lodged him in his house as well as he could, but when the unsuspicious Greek spread before the eyes of the greedy chief things that had never yet been seen in Darfour, such as thirty richly ornamental guns and other objects, the chief changed his mind, and planned to rob his guest of these riches. In fact, he told Suleiman the next day that he had found out he was a spy of the Egyptian Government, and only spared his life because he was his guest. He must take good care not to leave the house, else he could not answer for his safety. Then