. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . d not forgive me. Have no fear. If you hear what is going on in thecamp let me know. Myself and my son are at your service. We shallhear all that goes on, and will let you know. I saw Osman Latif proceed soon after to the Pashasquarters, and kiss his hands, and bend reverently beforehim, and immediately I followed, curious to Pasha sat gravely on his chair, and delivered hisorders to Osman Latif wdth the air of power, and OsmanLatif bowed obsequiously after hearing each order, andan innocent st
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . d not forgive me. Have no fear. If you hear what is going on in thecamp let me know. Myself and my son are at your service. We shallhear all that goes on, and will let you know. I saw Osman Latif proceed soon after to the Pashasquarters, and kiss his hands, and bend reverently beforehim, and immediately I followed, curious to Pasha sat gravely on his chair, and delivered hisorders to Osman Latif wdth the air of power, and OsmanLatif bowed obsequiously after hearing each order, andan innocent stranger might have imagined that oneembodied kingly authority and the other slavishobedience. Boon after I departed absorbed in my ownthoughts. MY BOY SALT. 185 Sali, my boy, is the cleverest spy in tlie camp. How issohe obtains his information I do not know. But he ^^^^ ^^•appears to know a great deal more than Osman Latif or ^^^*-Awash EfFendi, or any of the young Egyptians. He isin the counsels of the captains. He is intimate withMohammed, the engineer. He is apparently adored by. 8ALI, HEAD BOT. Capt. Ibrahim EfFendi Elham, and his father-in-law, AliEffendi. Of course he has many subordinate informersto assist. The Zanzibaris are inveterate traders: theyalways possess something to bargain with. During thepreliminaries they shuffle the affairs of the camp, and asthey are detailed the traders piece this and that together Kavallis. 186 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 1889. and pass it over when well digested to Sali, after whichMarch -n. I receive the benefit of it. Much naturally is puregossip, but on the whole it amounts to a sum of solidand valuable information. I discover that there is a plot to break away com-pletely from the Pashas authority. The number ofthose actually faithful to-day in camp is nine. I amtold that they know the Pasha is so unsuspecting thatthey have but to kiss his hand, and plead forgiveness,and he becomes pliant to any schemer. When a man becomes the jest of suc
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