. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . heads ; that it was my duty also tosee that the white officers were not worn out by beingexposed to the rain, and mud, and shivering damp,waiting on people who would not see the benefit ofwalking four or five miles quickly to camp to enjoytwenty to twenty-one hours rest out of the whining people, who were unable to walk empty-handed two and a half or three hours per day, wereyellow Egyptians ; a man with a little black pigment inhis skin seldom complained, the extreme black and theextreme
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . heads ; that it was my duty also tosee that the white officers were not worn out by beingexposed to the rain, and mud, and shivering damp,waiting on people who would not see the benefit ofwalking four or five miles quickly to camp to enjoytwenty to twenty-one hours rest out of the whining people, who were unable to walk empty-handed two and a half or three hours per day, wereyellow Egyptians ; a man with a little black pigment inhis skin seldom complained, the extreme black and theextreme white never. The Egyptians and their followers had such a number 266 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 1889. of infants and young children that when the camp space^«y 2^- was at all limited, as on a narrow spur, sleep was scarcelygaiama. p^ggj^g^ Thcsc wcc crcaturcs must have possessedirascible natures, for such obstinate and persistent cater-wauling never tormented me before. The tiny blacksand sallow yellows rivalled one another with force oflung until long past midnight, then about 3 or 4 EGYPTIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN. started afresh, woke everyone from slumber, while gruntsof discontent at the meeawing chorus would be heardfrom every quarter. Our Zanzibaris concluded that though the people ofEquatoria might be excellent breeders, they were verypoor soldiers. The Egyptians had been so long accus-tomed to overawe the natives of the Province by theirnumbers and superior arms, that now their number wassomewhat reduced and overmatched by natives, they THE PASHA. 267 appeared to he doubtful of reaching peaceful countries ; i889but they were so undisciplined, and yet so imperious, ^^^ ^^that they would speedily convert the most peaceful ^ to rancorous foes. With the Pasha I had a conversation on this date,and I became fully aware that, though polite, he yetsmarted under resentment for the explosion of April 5th,But the truth is that the explosion was necessary andunavoidable.
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