Captain Casati.

371 May Europe forbid it ! A unanimous cry sliould arise from all parts and tell tlie Viceroy that lie must follow Gordon's example, destroying tlie slavers, and assuring tlie liberty of the negroes, by preventing them from being dragged like beasts to the markets of Kordofan.

" When atrocities such as I have described were committed by public officers like Yussuf Pasha, what could be expected from the subalterns ?

" I will not sell my silence. I have the future of this people more at heart than worldly honours, titles and decorations. If I were silent I should be an accomplice. I have provided myself with the documents necessary to prove that what I have said is the pure truth. Poor Munza, and poor people ! Who knows what fate awaits them if the conditions again become such as they were before the war ? I shall write a long letter to Scliweiiifurtli to tell all about the sad fate of his friend Munza " Your correspondent, Captain Casati, will shortly arrive. Bahr-el-Gliazal has been pretty well explored, as Schweiufurtli allows ; at least his friends say so. But Balir-el-Ghazal can still occupy an explorer without going further, for several years. All the courses of the rivers have been indicated to the best of our knowledge with their probable sources and directions, I do not believe that the courses indicated are wrong, but the rivers were not followed throughout. It is certain that several years would be necessary to do the thing thoroughly. Although all these rivers are not very broad, they are extremely long, and rise in the most distant regions of the Sandeli. If Casati arrives during the rains, he will occupy himself with the Balirel-Ghazal, and when they cease go to the west of Sandeli, and he can then push on towards Lake Chad and throw a little light on the connection of the Welle and the Sliari. I believe this would be a magnificent exploration.

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