no doubt, but a sum which had much better
be spent now than wasted in a vain attempt to avert the
consequences of an ill-timed surrender. Sir Samuel Baker, who
possesses the essential energy and single tongue requisite for
the office, might be appointed Governor-General of the Soudan,
and he might take his brother as Commander-in-Chief.

"It should be proclaimed in the hearing of all the Soudanese, and
engraved on tablets of brass, that a permanent Constitution was
granted to the Soudanese, by which no Turk or Circassian would
ever be allowed to enter the province to plunder its inhabitants
in order to fill his own pockets, and that no immediate
emancipation of slaves would be attempted. Immediate emancipation
was denounced in 1833 as confiscation in England, and it is no
less confiscation in the Soudan to-day. Whatever is done in that
direction should be done gradually, and by a process of
registration. Mixed tribunals might be established, if Nubar
thought fit, in which European judges would co-operate with the
natives in the administration of justice. Police inspectors also
might be appointed, and adequate measures taken to root out the
abuses which prevail in the prisons.

"With regard to Darfour, I should think that Nubar would probably
send back the family and the heir of the Sultan of Darfour. If
subsidized by the Government, and sent back with Sir Samuel
Baker, he would not have much difficulty in regaining possession
of the kingdom of Darfour, which was formerly one of the best
governed of African countries. As regards Abyssinia, the old
warning should not be lost sight of--"Put not your trust in
princes"; and place no reliance upon the King of Abyssinia, at
least outside his own country. Zeylah and Bogos might be ceded to
him with advantage, and the free right of entry by the port of
Massowah might be added; but it would be a mistake to give him
possession of Massowah which he would ruin. A Commission might
also be sent down with advantage to examine the state of things
in Harrar, opposite Aden, and see what iniquities are going on
there, as also at Berbera and Zeylah. By these means, and by the
adoption of a steady, consistent policy at headquarters, it would
be possible--not to say easy--to re-establish the authority of
the