. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ARAB CEMETERT, ON HIE BAHU-EL-G. CHAPTEE VII. THE MAHDI. State of the Soudan—Career of the Mahdi—His Personal Appearance and Habits—Hicks Pasha—His Services—The New Egyptian Le%aes—The Government of the Soudan. ZNoTvviTHSTANDiNG the presence and in-itluence of the British Army of Occu-pation—if a force so slender could benamed an army—the Government ofTewlik Pasha, patched up as it was byours, was perhaps the weakest in theworld, and the troubles in the Soudan—a province of which a brief account•will be found in our opening cliaj)ter—A
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ARAB CEMETERT, ON HIE BAHU-EL-G. CHAPTEE VII. THE MAHDI. State of the Soudan—Career of the Mahdi—His Personal Appearance and Habits—Hicks Pasha—His Services—The New Egyptian Le%aes—The Government of the Soudan. ZNoTvviTHSTANDiNG the presence and in-itluence of the British Army of Occu-pation—if a force so slender could benamed an army—the Government ofTewlik Pasha, patched up as it was byours, was perhaps the weakest in theworld, and the troubles in the Soudan—a province of which a brief account•will be found in our opening cliaj)ter—Avere brought about by the attemptedre-conquest of that arid and wretchedterritory, by the ministr}^ of the Khedive—a territory of vast extent, destituteof roads—other than camel tracks—ofrailways, rivers, or canals ; yet inhabitedby many fierce and warlike tribes, all|)rofessiug the same faith, in the de- fence of which they are ever ready tocourt death. We have related how Sir SamuelBaker, in 18C9, conquered the equa-torial provinces of whi
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