AcuriousaccidenthadhappenedtoIsmailPachabythesuddenbreak-upofalargeportionofthesudd，thathadbeenweakenedbycuttingalongbutnarrowchannel。
Theprodigiousraftsofvegetationwerehurriedbeforethestreamlikeice-floes，andthesemasseshavingstruckagainstalineofsixnoggurs，thevesselswereliterallysweptawayandburiedbeneaththegreatrafts，untiltheycapsizedanddisappearedforeverinthedeepchannel。
LateintheeveningIsmailPachatookleaveandreturnedinhissteamertoKhartoum。Wehadenjoyedalongconversation，andIfeltsurethattheSoudanandCentralAfricawouldquicklyfeelthebenefitofIsmailAyoubPacha’sadministration，ashecombinedgreatenergyanddeterminationwithnineyears’experienceoftherequirementsofhisprovince。
On29thJunethenewsteamer，theKhedive，roundedthepointatfullspeedwithourdiahbeeahintow。
AllthepopulationofKhartoumthrongedtothebanksandthenewquaytowitnessthearrivaloftheextraordinarysteamerthattravelledwithoutpaddles，andwhichhadbeenconstructedbytheEnglishmenatIsmailiaGondokoro。