that you will count upon me as a true and faithful friend to you.

"You will also kindly pay my respects to the whole family of
Gordon Pasha, and may you not deprive me of your good news at any
time.

"My children and all my family join themselves to me, and pay you
their best respects.

"Further, I beg to inform you that the messenger who had been
previously sent through me, carrying Government correspondence to
your brother, Gordon Pasha, has reached him, and remitted the
letter he had in his own hands, and without the interference of
any other person. The details of his history are mentioned in the
enclosed report, which I hope you will kindly read.--Believe me,
honourable Lady, to remain yours most faithfully,

ZEBEHR RAHAMAH."

REPORT ENCLOSED.

"When I came to Cairo and resided in it as I was before, I kept
myself aside of all political questions connected with the Soudan
or others, according to the orders given me by the Government to
that effect. But as a great rumour was spread over by the high
Government officials who arrived from the Soudan, and were with
H.E. General Gordon Pasha at Khartoum before and after it fell,
that all my properties in that country had been looted, and my
relations ill-treated, I have been bound, by a hearty feeling of
compassion, to ask the above said officials what they knew about
it, and whether the messenger sent by me with the despatches
addressed by the Government to General Gordon Pasha had reached
Khartoum and remitted what he had.

"These officials informed me verbally that on the 25th Ramadan
1301 (March 1884), at the time they were sitting at Khartoum with
General Gordon, my messenger, named Fadhalla Kabileblos, arrived
there, and remitted to the General in his proper hands, and
without the interference of anyone, all the despatches he had on
him. After that the General expressed his greatest content for
the receipt of the correspondence, and immediately gave orders to
the artillery to fire twenty-five guns, in sign of rejoicing, and
in order to show to the enemy his satisfaction for the news of
the arrival of British troops. General Gordon then treated my
messenger cordially, and requested the Government to pay him a