210 HISTORY OF THE PROTECTORATE TERRITORIES 



plotting for the overthrow of the British authority, had fled into German 

 territory. 



Exasperated with fatigue and with the continual severance from their 

 wives, to whom thev are much attached ; doubtful of the honesty of tlie 



179. A SUDANESE SOLDIER (aL'THOK's OKDEKLY, SEKGEAXT FADL AL MALLAH, 

 A NATIVE OF THE LOGBWARI COUNTRY, AND 6 FEET 3 INCHES TALl) 



Administration, owing to the delayed payment of their wages ; * scared at 

 the possibility of being lost in unknown lands far beyond their ken ; they 

 determined they would not form part of the escort of Colonel Macdonald's. 

 expedition. They decided to put their grievances before an English 



* Although all arrears were subsequently paid by Mr. Jackson in Colonel Macdonald's 

 presence. 



