346 TWO TEAKS IN THE JUNGLE. 



tary force of about two hvmdred men ; fourteen forts with their gar^ 

 risons ; a number of light-houses ; a steam war vessel, the Aline, and 

 two steam launches ; to pay pensions ; to build two new forts ; to 

 operate a coal mine ; to pay European passages to and from Eng- 

 land ; to take $20,000 for his o^-n use, and yet have the snug little 

 sum of $37,673 remaining from the annual revenue to the credit of 

 the government. What a lesson for the ex-Khedive of Egj^t, and 

 others nearer home 1 



