The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-31

The European cousuls VINO were H'i-
chants themselves. and other prominent
merchants OF the place. where almost
every European luxury was exhibited 10
their houses and on their table. ] III
qured OF an Of them as TO the chief aru-
cies OF trade. and got the same answer
from all. Gum. ivory. ostrich feathers, TO
some extent hides and slaves IN quaint
tics. TO Dee obtained secretly, but easily
in spite OK the khcdiVe's and Gordon $
strenuous efforts to destroy the trade,
hut l.ad-dust was mot mentioned as
worth counting. So much Tor one OF the
fables in your corr, spOndcni aucie.
And II discoveries of very rich eoid
mines have been made SINCE
So has been in South AFRICA
forty degrees Of latitude from
Khartoum. but that trflc uoes not count
with him. with colonel Mason anG Colo
mel Purdv (who died at cairo some years
ago.. ! travelled through great part OF
tho Arabian desert. among the tribes
which furnished later the Mnhdi his
best warriors but which were then per
fpcflv rtarcfm and submit slNc 10 the
Egyptian Government. aud remained so
until the British dishandcd the regular
Egyptian army and weakened the e"ril-
sons so as 10 invite rebellion. We siih'h
the Nuc at Abou-lIamcd, and then went
up by camols along the Nilc 10 berDei'
whence Che Nile is natigaOle almost 10
tl. lakes. from Berber back TO Abou-
Hamcd. ana thence across the great 10
r0sko desert. nine days across, with only
one well Of bracksh water, halfway.
From Korosko wo cmlarekd in dahabeaks'
ana noatcd down the Nile. past Ihepes
Ka,uak. Luxor Mcmuon etc. ah OF
which We visited. back 90 Cairo.
THE SECOND ENrrDllloN.
ON mv second expedition. ! started the
5th of December. 1919, on steamer win
900 infantry and twelve-pound now
itzer and a Calling gum on barses. ON
other steamers and bargcs were Colonies
Purlv and Mason. with their soldiers
We went up o. the first cataract and
were hauled up il by hundreds of natives
Impressed for the occasion. Thence 10 the
second cataract. at Wady Holfa. where
navigation stops Thence We travelled io-
gethor ON camels back. along tine banks
of the Nile. up 10 DOngola. There we
parted. Colonies purdy and Mason gong
TO Darfour ty another route, VINE
proceeded 10 DeDhi. very close to hoiu-
which was Woseiey's base. whence he
launched that ill-fated column across lhe
Bahionda desert. which got 70 the Nlle
too late three days after The fan OF hnar-
toun and Gordon's death. and then re-
I went 10 IN Obeid the capital Of kordo-
fan. afterwards the Mahdis headquar-
ters. until hc captured khartoum Being
then entirely disabled and believed al the
point of death. 7 transferred the COM
mand TO Colonel then Major. Proui,
who had been sent to join me by the
Suakim- Berhcr and KhartOum route ]
stayed in El Ohcid six months. until ]
recovered sufficiently 20 travel boy camel
litter 20 the Nile. far above khartoum,
where steamer was sent for me. ana
transported me to KahrtOum, Wehuce'
after couple OF weeks stay. another
steamer took me 10 Berber. where J stop
ped for the second time.
Thence. by camel-litter 10 Suakim.
bv that famous route. celebrating over
which caused many delays and changes
Of plans until the Nile route was aodpt-
cd too late. aud the result was Gordon
death From Suakim ! WAS transported
20 Suoz by steamer. and thence TO Cairo
hy rail. From what ] have written. you
viii see that ] am an authority as 10
what relates 10 the Soudan as FAR as
KhartOum and above and what ! state
can De relied upon as authentic. being
based upon personal experience ana OBJ
servation i'm travel and residence. I'm
1884. the Century Magazine requested
mo TO furnish them with an Illustrated
article upon the Soudan. which / deliver
el TO them in September 1854. but which
they put off publishing until March. 1855.
in which ] proved that the Nile route
was the only one practicable for an army
as an0rling water enough. In 1850. the
American Geographical Society. of New
York. invited me for the third time
20 lecture before them. and ] selected as
my subject. "The British Campaign for
ID.
livorcd in Chickoiing Hall. in March, 1885,
and afterwards wrote 10 ont in greatly
expanded form. and they published it iu
their bulletins for 1856. II is condensed
history of the campaign. dertved eX-
from British sources. and eXhi-
biting thcrcfrom the gross incapacity.
ignorance. and vaoillltion which caused
the shameful failure Of the campaign
and the death of Gordon. Severe as were
my structures upon Wolsclcy, was
much eratihod whcu % few weeks ago. 81
number of the London Contemporary Re
Wow. for January lN2 fell into my
hands containing am article hy Archibald
Forbes upon the same subject. written
inst after the publication Of thc Revised
Official History of THE Nile Camuaign
1y Colonel ColvIlle g.. b. in which De-
far outstrippcd AN the coneure ] bad
poured ont. and as Archibald Forbes
know more about war than amy general
now living having followed in The h'ld
and described so many. J was much erail-
led 90 find the opinion az SD eminent
in authority TO confirm my own
Tho ucXt campai-n up the Nile is 20
follow the lines of the l4st Lord Nofe-
.cv has learned at last that the suakm
.oute is impossible. prcoict dest
ION for that expedition. unless its co.--
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