CHAPTEE X. 



ABD-EL-ZADER. 



I HAVE spoken in the previous chapter of Abd-el- 

 Kader, who for thirteen years maintained so 

 gallant a struggle against the best of our African 

 generals, until, hemmed in by superior force, he was 

 compelled to surrender to General Lamoriciere. 



I will not attempt to describe his career in the field, 

 but I am in a position to give some particulars as to 

 the life he led after he had become our prisoner. 

 When on my way to the Madrid Embassy in 1848, I 

 stopped on the way at the Chateau de Pan, where 

 Abd-el-Kader and the whole of his family were de- 

 tained, I had never seen him before, and I was struck 

 by his air of nobility and resignation. He spoke 

 highly of the bravery and generosity of our army, and 

 showed himself resolved to serve France as effectually 

 by his moral influence as he had combated her 

 bravely sword in hand. He was to his very last hour 

 faithful to his promise. His conduct during the 

 Syrian massacres in 1866 checked the excesses of the 

 Mahometan fanaticism* Surrounded by his sons, he 



