434 Seven Vcajs in the Soudan.

cannot be concealed, because Ave noticed not only slaves marked with the signs of recent beating, but it is also proved that thousands of slaves have been sent towards Teghela. At Sobat the soldiers received their salaries in so many sugar-canes ! The other employes at Fashoda were paid Avith cattle captured during raids. Considering Avhat happened in the neighbourhood of the capital, I can assure your Excellency that Bahr-el-Ghazal may serve Khartoum as a model of administration, " T have the honour to be, " R. Gessi.

" To His Excellency Raouf Pasha, " Governor-General of the Soudan."