TheKhediveofEgyptwassincerewhenhegavemetheorderstosuppressthishorribletraffic；andItrust，fromthesimpledescriptionoftheexpedition，theworldwillacknowledgethatinthisdutyIexhibitedtheutmostleniencytowardstheruffianlylesseesoftheSoudangovernment。
IamconvincedthattheKhediveissincereatheartinwishingtosuppresstheslavetrade，butherequiresunusualmoralcouragetoenterthelistssingle-handedagainstEgyptianpublicopinion。
MISSIONARYLABOUR。
Myopinionhasbeenfrequentlyaskedonthissubject，andmanyhaveendeavouredtopersuademethatarapidchangeandimprovementofthenativesmaybeeffectedbysuchanagency。Icannotresistbyargumentsuchferventhopes；butifgoodandcapablemenaredeterminedtomaketheattempt，theymaynowbeassuredofpeaceandsecurityatGondokoro，wheretheywillhavetheadvantageofthegoodnameleftbytheexcellentbutunfortunatemembersofthelateAustrianmission。
GEOGRAPHY。