30 Seven Years in the Soudan.

judices, many of which, I must say, were very Becoming*' cahner, lie tell to examining my Reilly carbine and the explosive bullets, which he saw for the first time.

" Certaml}" he exchiimcd, after a moment's silence, " we cannot strive agamst such arms as these with our lances ; but come and fight us with our own weapons, and you will see who Avill gain the victory ! " Undoubtedly one Shilluk is worth at least three the ele})hant, rhinoceros and buffalo. In truth, comparing the two, I could not refrain from laughing when I thought of the ovations which Mr. Gerard, the lion-hunter, received a few years ago in Euroi)e, and the airs he gave himself ; how he was decorated and presented with carbines of honour. The Shilluk does not wait till he finds himself alone with a lion, and then defend himself. He goes all alone to seek him, discovers his traces, finds him, and the struggle begins. There has been no case of a Shilluk falling alone the