346 Seven Years in the Soudan.

tliis exceptional position, I used the utmost rigour against everyone. This discipline, and above all, Divine Providence, enabled me to succeed.

" It seemed ar> if God were wear}' of the iniquities committed by these wild beasts. That the rebels fought bravely, is proved by the fact mentioned before, namcl} that of fifty-three chiefs, fifty-two were left dead on the field of battle.

"R. Gessi."