POSTSCRIPT. 337 with his headquarters at Khartoum, and the other to be stationed at Suakim, with jurisdiction over the Eed Sea Ports.

The Anti-Slavery Society deserve the thanks of all who are interested in this subject, for the zeal and earnestness with which they have brought this matter before our Government.

The early appointment of these consuls is a matter of vital importance, and it is to be hoped that the promise will be speedily fulfilled. Two consuls will do more than a dozen gunboats for the suppression of the slave-trade and the amelioration of the condition of the natives, a result which I would fain think is earnestly desired by my fellow-countrymen, who, themselves possessed of all the advantages of freedom and righteous government, are ever eager to assist those who are aspiring to the like blessings.

Those who have followed me through my travels may be interested to hear that Gessi Pasha, when he arrived in Khartoum after his terrible sufferings in the marshes of the Nile, met with but a cold reception from the authorities there. Perhaps for that reason he did not remain long enough to recruit his wasted strength. He managed to reach Suez, but died there on April 30, 1881. His diaries and papers are, I understand, confided to the care of Captain Camperio, and it is to be hoped that they VOL. n. z