TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
sailed with their papers duly attested under the new regulation of 
last year. 
Monsieur Thibaut^ the French Consular Agent (under whose 
protection the ladies are) demurred; it was useless^ as the Pasha 
threatened to seize the dahabyeh and bring back the other boats ; 
therefore Thibaut paid_, under protest. 
This is a horrible place ! When the ladies^ boats returned from 
the Bahar il Gazal_, they were filled with slaves^ and the Dutch 
flag was the protection. An invalid servant of Von Heuglin^s^ 
returned in the boats for change of air^ denounced the proceedings 
of the reises and their men. Mademoiselle von Capellan pleads in 
vain through her Consul for redress^~it is a hopeless task : the 
servant is dead_, and no one will bear witness. In the meantime^, 
the slave traders composedly say^, ^All the Europeans traffic in 
slaves^ even the Dutch ladies.^ This fills poor Miss Capellan with 
grief. 
Your darlings ask if our gazelle is alive? Yes^ but no longer 
here. When their uncle was so ill and unable to walk_, the gazelle 
became impatient^ and_, to induce him to get up from the sofa, 
'' would charge him, once giving a very serious thrust (the gazelle 
had grown greatly, and its horns were long and handsome) ; there- 
fore I gave our favourite to the Austrian Consul, who is sending a 
fine collection of animals to the Zoological Gardens at Vienna. 
And now for the last topic : Petherick^s report to the Boyal 
Geographical Society, with accounts, will, I think, be dispatched 
this day week. His Arab scribes have bolted, as he protests 
against the measures of the Pasha, and therefore they are afraid to 
serve him. May the coming new year prove a happier one to us 
all ! Petherick must be in his place again : there has been nothing 
to conceal, no action to blush for, no wrong done to any one, and 
