to the Vizirs of Bargu and Barum, his friends. I, although trembling with the fever, had obliged myself to sit for three-quarters of an hour; but now Miss Fever returned with her former violence, and obliged me to dance; she was fiercer than before. After an hour she left me, and Master Heat came to torment me. I suffered martyrdom till sunset. To the captain's enquiry if I would eat anything, I replied, "No, I wish you a good appetite, but I only drink water." I

p.m., and its beauty consists in the buzzing and chattering in the Arabic, and in the Nubian dialect, in the contrast of the naked Sud, with their dressed soldier brethren, the lowing of the cows, the bleating of the lambs, the groaning of the camels and dromedaries, which are under the examination of the buyer and seller, the confusion of all who are talking and moving about in the bazaar like bees. Every day are seen negroes carrying lambs, cows, and camels to sell. Would to heaven that irrational beings only were conducted there to be sold! All the slaves brought from Darfour or from the neighbourhood, pass by Lobaied, in order that their captors should pay the duty for every slave, as if those human creatures were merchandise. Horror! wickedness! cruelty! injustice! It is very painful to see the poor slaves brought there naked, with a long and heavy stick bound on their neck, that they should not be able to run away. Entire families are sold at the vile price of silver or gold. O abused and wronged humanity! O, human faculties, gems superior to all other gems, inasmuch as they are more precious, sold for a few pieces of silver or gold! O reason, noblest gift on earth, degraded and trampled on! O curst religion which permits these things, condemned by divine law, and abhorred by nature! I hope that I shall live to see such cruelty abolished, and by whom? By the noble, just, and glorious England, who distinguishes herself above all the civilised world, and who enacts strict and severe law against other nations who trade with slaves. As she is now putting an end to this nefarious trade in the South of Africa by sending her vessels of war to enforce her will, she will, I trust, be the means of abolishing it in the East of this mysterious country, either by civilization or commerce, or by force of arms, if required. I am sure that the day is near, in which the British lion shall roar, and be obeyed by the eagles, bears, and the half-moon, with its antipodes.

was almost suffocated as the night came on. Ten, eleven, twelve, one, two, and three o'clock passed, and the fever did not diminish in the least. The morning of the 10th instant, brought me a good omen, the fever subsided, and I slept half an hour; I awoke greatly harrassed, but wishing for a little air, although ill, I was anxious to go out. I enquired if the market was opened. They replied, "Yes; but if you want to see the market, you must go at noon. It was ten o'clock, when I went to the celebrated bazaar of Lobaied. Every one was pointing at me, and saying, "He and his companion are the greatest gum merchants that have ever come to Lobaied; they have come to buy all the gum of Cordofan, the Pasha has sent his cawas with them! See! look how he is dressed! how can he walk in such a dress? Allah ?" I was silent to listen to what they might say, pretending I could not speak, or did not understand Arabic. I halted before the shop of one, who had a heap of gum, and took some pieces. He asked if I wished to buy gum. I replied in Italian, "No, but I wish to hear what all these people behind me say." He laughed at the strange sound of my answer, and repeated his enquiry, and I laughed. The crowd around me, made remarks on my hair, my boots, my trousers, and said he does not understand. "Iato ma ifham; ma ifham." "Iato (my son), speak the language of Kauagia Ibrahim." I could not longer contain my laughter, and leaving the shop walked up and down

the bazaar, observing it well. After a short time I was obliged to return, because I felt my involuntary dancing master was coming to give his lesson. On reaching the divan, I threw myself on the ancarib, and the dance commenced in earnest (nam). The captain went to return the visit of Mr. Tibeau, and on his return, told me the Medir and Shiek, negro Arabs, were coming shortly to bargain about conducting us to the confines of Darfour. He added, "I feel a little cold." "I hope," said I, "that you are not going to follow my bad example," (nam). The Medir and Shiek, negro Arabs, now entered, and saluting the captain, told him it was impossible for us to enter Darfour. The captain said, "Can you conduct me to the confines ?" "Yes," replied the Shiek. "Very well; it is bargained that in five or six days, we set off for Tuescia," (the first village in Darfour). They left us, and the captain began to study my trembling. At six o'clock in the evening, we were both in the same school. Dinner was brought, and taken away untouched. As night arrived we became silent, each thinking of his own affairs. At ten, the same heat came on; neither of us could rest during the whole

CHAPTER XXVI.

RESIDENCE AT LOBAIED ON THE ELEVENTH INSTANT, AND EVENTS.

BOTH awoke; or rather, I may say, the morning of the eleventh came, and we made the same enquiry of each other, "How have you passed the night?" To which I answered, "I could not close my eyes." The captain began to take pills, and offered me some, but I declined his offer. Hardly had the first rays of the sun entered the divan, when the Medir came to visit us, and was sorry to find us both ill; and although convalescent, he remained a long time. He ordered two guards to be put at the door, to prevent any one entering except the servants; for this attention we thanked, and begged not to detain him; he did not wish to leave us, but after repeated requests he went. To the cook's enquiries of what he wanted, we replied "Nothing." After some time, M. Patrick came, who had suffered from the same fever; he remained some minutes, and left to send his Moorish servant "Serur" (joy). The Medir also sent his slave " Rrihan" (mistle). The two black compatriots were youths of about nineteen. Prihan was very kind, like his master. Patrick's rather

clumsy; but with the companionship of the other studied to be obliging. They had nothing to do but to give us glasses of water, or lemonade. They were quite happy, for I had told Ali to treat them well, and give them coffee, and cook them some meat and rice.

At five p.m. the Medir came again to see us, and remained half an hour, much grieved to find us with the fever. He sent a large ancarib for the captain, which three men placed where the other had stood. Night came back, and with it the fever; the two Moors threw themselves down in the divan, with a mat and carpet for beds. At eleven I really thought I was departing for eternity, so great were my sufferings, and I began to recommend myself to God, and repeat the acts of faith, hope, and charity, and that of grief, and I said "Profiscere Anima Christiana.” I thought of my family, from whom I had been separated ten years. How grieved would be father, mother, brothers, and sisters, and, above all, the twin brothers, who neither knew me nor I them. I was in great affliction, far from family and friends, to die in a barbarous country; it was too bitter-more bitter than death itself to be buried amongst the Musselmen amongst the Moors, who are almost without religion. "O Lord! don't let me die in this country; let me die in some other, amongst Christians; that I may be buried in a Christian cemetery, and have the prayers of the devout. Let the daily prayers of my family, and