400 RESIDE AT THE BRITISH CONSULATE. 
book" amidst animated conversation, interpreted by 
Bombay, who stood looking as great a rough as one 
could well imagine. M. de Bono generously offered 
us his house as a home during our halt at Khartoom ; 
but there being a British consulate, we considered that 
it would be more correct to reside under its protection, 
and therefore we proceeded thither. 
