The New York herald., 1872-07-05
They are jealous and would hinder you. The Sultan
Of Darfour is very suspicious too"

They are jealous and would hinder you. The Sultan
Of Darfour is very suspicious too"
'How did he treat you, Bey9"
'With caution and suspicion, and visited HIM as
an Envoy of Egypt, carrying him gifts Of fabulous
value was there seven months; never allowed to
go into the streets OF the capital during the day
time, and in the night time I was escorted by
eighty soldiers to the Divan to talk to Mahommed
Ell Hussen, the Sultan-always by the same street.
| for fear might see the country"
''Why is the Sultan thus rigorous ~
because the people are very fanatical and nc Is
blind. They believe that Darfour is the finest cOun
try in the world, that Christians are devils, and
that all travellers will go away and describe their
country, and then o bad people will come and rob
them Of their lands and products. You will be
able, perhaps to go there, but not to get away"
'What do they fear from simple travellers''
''The Sultan doesn't care so much but he Is
blind, and his ministers stuff him with tales and
the merchants from Kordofan have access to his
credulity. Not being able to see, he Is the victim
Of many impositlons."
"How many people has this excellent monarch g
'about three millions, it is supposed. They live In
straw huts and their manner OF existence is as
primitive as that Of the Nubians and other black
people. They are brave and fanatical"
The more pressed my intention to visit Dar-
four the more was discouraged, and even Aboo-
Sim, with grave movement Of the hand, ex-
claimed "Lal" mol, and succumbed to the wis
dom OF the Arab patriach.
DARFOURIAN YOUTH.
I knew enough to perceive that to move against
the wishes ana advice Of the Egyptian authorities
would be folly. The following evening we were
dining at .the house Of Azar the American
Consular Agent. Aboo-Sinn, the Governor
General Mootaz-Pacha, the Austrian Consul
and others were present. At the close
the dancing girls were brought in, and then
young boy from Darfour, the property OF Ismaif
Bey was placed in the centre OF the room to dance
Though a slave, and subject to his masters he
utterly declined, and stood, with the wounded
pride of Darfourian, saying that ''he could not
make property of his person. meaning that 1t was
O shame for Darfouran to belittle himself before
the curious gaze Of foreigners half an hours
persuasion did not suffice to induce him to lower
his standard OF dignity. Such is the D4rfour char
acter. It yet remains for some person fonder Of
adventure than vitality to become the Gibbon Of
THE ROMANS OF ETHIOPIA.
1t was because had read with great amusement
and curiosity the following letter received from His
Highness by Mr.. Natterer, the former Austrian
Consul at Khartoum, that persisted in my desire
to 20 TO the capital Of Hussein the Blind The two
ions were Messrs. Munzinger and Kinzelback, Ger
man savans and friends OF DR.. Cuny; but they de-
cned the conditions of the uncivilized bigot put
ting more value upon their lives than confidence in
his that goodness of heart which he 80 glowingly
expresses. DR.. Cuny left Siovh, in the lower
Nile, in 1853, proceeding by way Of Kordofan by
caravan route, with the idea OF exploring the
mysterious Darfour kingdom. As will be seen be-
low he succeeded in reaching the capital, when,
according to the Sultan, che staid five days
among us; then he returned to Cod" after having
embraced the religion of Mahomet. His son was
afterwards held two years. and was rescued through
the instrumentaity OF Said Pacha, then vceroy Of
Egypt. The case of DR.. Cunv is the same as that OF
almost every traveller who has ever visited
Darfour-they never return and, according to the
Sultan, they always
EMBRACE MOsLEMIsM AND THEN DIE.
The reader need not be assured either OF the
absurdity or the falsity of the statement. All
travellers and explorers who visit Central Africa
are forced to move among the tribes and savage
nations and to adopt both the dress and manners
of the Aboriginees. More than that, they assume
Indigenous names and arrogate to themselves
princely ancestry, and when purpose is at stake
they change their religion with the same facility
tnat they do their linen The murdered Nogel was
Abdl el Wahed son OF the only one), but even that
august ueslgnaJlOn uOJ save Hlm iIUm
ferocty of Hussein's neighbors.
THE sUITAN's LETTER.
BY the grace OF the word, In the name Of God.
Good and Omnipotent, praise be to God, Master
of the solar system, the indulgent the Dispenser
of graces, whose goodness Is eternal, and who is
pure OF all blemishes, salute to our Lord Ma
homet the seal of prophets the chief of the seat
OF God, the Saviour OF sinners, the King OF all
men, who has placed His people above all other
peoples: salute also TO the Prophets OF God. the
Joyful OF the race OF Mahomet and OF all true be-
ltevers;
From the servant OF God, the Prince Of Believers,
the sultan MoHANMED Ell HUssEIN, surnamed the
Mahdi, the victorious Emir by the grace OF God;
| the son OF the blessed Sultan Mohammed ell
Fadhc the son of the Sultan Abdurrohman the
l. Just; the son OF the Sultan Ahmed Bekr, lumina-
ries of God, whose t0mbs are pure. Amen.
Salut to the muchhonored Consul JOSEPH, the
representative of the Sultan OF Austria:-
Know that we have received your letter, and we
have In it that two among the number OF your
doctors have the desire to visit us. to coun
! try, according to their ancient custom. You know
| that the relations OF the Mohamcdans with the
| Christians have been for long time neither en-
| couraged nor seen with displeasure. II, magnet
lied with grace, these last adopt the faith OF Islam,
we will count IL great Joy, and our dearest desires
| will have been grat1ed. However, II they retain
their belief In the Evangel we will by no means dis
| turb them. Commerce IL done without any shac-
! kles binding the Christians to the M0hamedans.
But you know also. that our nation which is stu