Ten years in Equatoria; . CASATFS ILLNESS. 45 quinine; lie sighed with intense relief when on the morning ofthe Ikh the crisis was safely passed. Two days afterwards woexchanged our adieux on the borders of the desert, and an embracewhich was, alas! to be our last. Hardly was Gessi gone, before order, tranquillity, and disciplinewere disturbed a#d banished, to be succeeded by exjjlosions ofwrath, base vengeance, and reactionary intrigues. The Arabs andthe Gellaba, who had been driven away, returned at once to domi-neer and influence public opinion, and the few who remainedfaithful were obliged
Ten years in Equatoria; . CASATFS ILLNESS. 45 quinine; lie sighed with intense relief when on the morning ofthe Ikh the crisis was safely passed. Two days afterwards woexchanged our adieux on the borders of the desert, and an embracewhich was, alas! to be our last. Hardly was Gessi gone, before order, tranquillity, and disciplinewere disturbed a#d banished, to be succeeded by exjjlosions ofwrath, base vengeance, and reactionary intrigues. The Arabs andthe Gellaba, who had been driven away, returned at once to domi-neer and influence public opinion, and the few who remainedfaithful were obliged to withdraw in silence. I had received plenty of provisions, which ought to have been. SEKIOUS ILLNESS. enough to supply my wants during the whole time required tostrengthen me, before I continued my journey. A few days afterGessis departure, I asked my servants for an account of them; theyinformed me that all the provisions had been taken away by thechief of the station—cows, goats, poultry, and everything besides. I said nothing; they expected that I would have uttered loudcomplaints. I am very sorry, said a certain Sati, a native of Dongola,appointed by Gessi as his deputy in command. I am sorry thatthe Governor did not recommend you to me, I should have donemuch for you. It does not matter, I replied; I shall only remain here for a 46 TEN YEARS IN EQ UA TOR I A. very short time, aud shall not require anything beyond that whichthe Governor has ordered. So much the better, but if you have any wish for provisionsor anything else, I—outside my official position—might be usefulto you ; much more so than Hassan can be, to whom you weregiven in charge by the Governor
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