Chap. L. 
AUDIENCE WITH THE SULTAN. 
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cially as we abhorred the slave-trade, yet we were 
able to appreciate their ivory, and even if they had 
nothing to trade with, we wanted to be on good 
terms with all princes. I told him, moreover, that we 
were the best of friends with the sultan of Stambul, 
and that all who were acquainted with us knew very 
well that we were excellent people, trustworthy, and 
full of religious feelings, who had no other aim but 
the welfare of mankind, universal intercourse, and 
peaceable interchange of goods. I protested that 
we did not take notes of the countries which we 
visited with any bad purpose, but merely in order to 
be well acquainted with their government, manners, 
and customs, and to be fully aware what articles we 
might buy from, and what articles we might sell to 
them. Thus already " Rais Khalil " (Major Denham) 
had formed, I said, the design of paying his compliments 
to his (the sultan's) father, but that the hostile rela- 
tions which prevailed at that time between Bagirmi 
and B6rnu had prevented him from executing his 
plan, when he had reached Log6n, and that, from 
the same motives, I had now come for no other 
purpose than the benefit of his country ; but that, 
nevertheless, notwithstanding my best intentions, 
I had been illtreated by his own people, as they had 
not been acquainted with my real character. I stated 
that it had been my ardent desire to join him on the 
expedition, in order to see him in the full exercise of 
his power, but that his people had not allowed me to 
carry out my design. 
