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TRAVELS IN CENTEAL AFETCA. 
sion by individuals of one tribe upon another are most difficult of 
adjustment ; and during my annual visits in this direction_, being a 
powerful neutralj my good offices have often been called into requi- 
sition as an arbitrator. I am happy to say that upon several occa- 
sions when war to the knife would have otherwise resulted, my 
decision of a fine of cattle, ornaments, or agricultural implements 
was willingly submitted to on the part of the culprit, individual 
or community, and the amende has invariably been gladly and 
thankfully accepted by the party aggressed. 
MRS. PETHERICK 
RESUMES HER 
■JOURNAL. 
June 8th . — How grateful am I to feel that health is returning, 
and how thankful to all who have so* patiently and tenderly nursed 
me through a distressing illness ! 
We are sailing quietly, dreamily on. At noon passed the village 
of Mahommed Cheir : it was in ruins. The Shillooks, whom he 
had so hunted and oppressed, rose at last, and defeated him; then 
Mahommed Cheir fled to the Nuba mountains. 
