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were Mr. Page, the British Consul, and the French Consul and 

 his lady. Altogether the Arabs succeeded in slaughtering about 

 twenty-five. 



" H.M. steamship Cyclops was there at the time, and the 

 captain landed with a boat's crew, and attempted to bring off 

 some of the survivors, but he was compelled to retreat, not 

 without having killed a number of the Arabs. The next day, 

 however, he succeeded in rescuing the few remaining Chris- 

 tians, and conveyed them to Suez. 



" Amongst those who were fortunate enough to escape was 

 the daughter of the French Consul ; and this she succeeded in 

 doing through the fidelity of a native after she had killed 

 two men with her own hands, and been severely wounded in 

 the encounter. Telegraphic dispatches were transmitted to 

 England and France, and the Cyclops is waiting orders at Suez. 

 As it was apprehended that the news from Juddah might excite 

 the Arab population of Suez to the commission of similar out- 

 rages, H.R.M's Vice-Consul at that place applied to the Pasha 

 of Egypt for assistance, which was immediately afforded by the 

 landing of 500 Turkish soldiers, under the orders of the Pasha 

 of Suez." 



8. 



" Unyanyembe, Central Africa, 24th June, 1858. 



" Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 

 your official letter, No. 961 of 1857, conveying to me the dis- 

 pleasure of the Government in consequence of my having com- 

 municated certain views on political affairs in the Red Sea to 

 the R. G. S. of Great Britain. 



ff The paper in question was as is directly stated, and it was 

 sent for transmission to the Board of Directors, or the Foreign 

 Office, not for publication. I beg to express my regret that 

 it should have contained any passages offensive to the autho- 

 rities to whom I am subordinate; and to assure the Right 

 Honourable the Governor in Council that nothing was farther 

 from my intentions than to displease a government to whose 

 kind consideration I have been, and am still, so much indebted. 



u In conclusion, I have the honour to remind you that I have 

 received no reply to my official letter, sent from Zanzibar, 

 urging our claims upon the Somal for the plunder of our pro- 

 perty. 



" I have the honour to be, Sir, 



ft Your most obedient Servant, 



" Richard. F. Burton, 



" Commanding East African Expedition. 



" To the Secretary to Government, Bombay." 



