POSTSCRIPT. 335 owing to the devotion of Dr. Emin Bey to the welfare of the people under his rule. In these regions, above all. the firm rule of a just governor ensures the happiness and prosperity of the inhabitants. This is success ; not failure. In other parts of the Soudan the prospect is not so bright ; but in the Bahr-el-Ghazel Provinces a blow was struck by Colonel Gordon and his lieutenant, Gessi Pasha, at the slave-trade, from which it will take long to recover, and which, if the Egyptian Government remains true to its expressed intention, will prove of incalculable help towards the total suppression of the trade.

More than this, while Colonel Gordon was in power, there was for once before all the people an example of a just and righteous ruler who feared God and disregarded man ; his life and actions were a manifest proof that all government is not necessarily cruel, corrupt, and tyrannical.

During the time he was in the Soudan, the burdens of down-trodden thousands were lightened by him. Stern and unrelenting in repressing evil and cruelty wherever he found them, his heart was tender, and he was ever ready to assist the oppressed, the sad, and the suffering.

He was looked up to as the Father of his people, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and setting the prisoner free. The pitiful requests made to us at many places on our journey to send him back,