KURNEK. 261 Kurnek called for his camel and rode on to Tuaisha.

The slaves were sent to Omchanga, where they were detained for some time, and then were taken to Fascher. There they were disposed of, but not against their will, for Capsune says, " Two men asked me. Will you go with me ? and I say, I not like ; then another man come, and I like, so I go with him." His master was very good to him, and bought him clothes, slippers, and a tarboosh. He was given or sold to another Arab, who took him to Dara, and died there, and after his death Capsune came into Slatin Bey's possession. He told me afterwards that when his companions in Dara knew that he was going with a white man, they frightened him by saying he would be eaten, and the same thing was told him in Khartoum. But my other servantboy, who had been with me longer, reassured him, and he soon found that I had no fancy for roasted negro. I brought him with me to England, and he is such a faithful servant that I have always had reason to thank Slatin Bey for his gift. He very speedily attached himself to my family, and is now my sisters' devoted attendant. I consider him to be a very favourable specimen of the negro race ; he is very quick and intelligent, passionately fond of music and flowers, full of fun, hot-tempered, but most affectionate. He is a great chatterbox, and the remarks he makes on the novel sights he sees are most instructive, as well as entertaining, for