MESSAGE TO THE SULTAN OF DAEFOUE. 
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Boats have arrived from Gondokoro belonging to De Bono. 
The corpse of his nephew^ Amabili^ was brought down-— alas ! for 
his young wife^ who is here. Hurshid Aga (with whose men Baker 
sojourned) received a letter from his agent at Gondokoro, stating 
that from a negro he heard that Baker was then but a few hours’ 
march from Gondokoro. The ^Kathleen’ is the fastest boat on 
the river, so Baker may be looked for soon. We have been anxious 
for his safety, though he has proved no friend. The English heart 
clings to its kind, and we hope and trust he will turn up all right/’ 
“KHAETOUM, 
“ May l-ith. 
I told you Petherick had sent a messenger to Ten- 
delti, the residence of the Sultan of Darfour, with presents and 
a request that we might traverse through his dominions to Wadai, 
to endeavour to ascertain the fate of Abd il Wahad, otherwise 
Dr. Vogel. Sadly interesting tidings have just been received, 
which Petherick will quickly communicate to the Eoyal Geo- 
graphical Society.” 
I claim now the indulgence of the reader to pause in my corres- 
pondence with my sister, in order to insert my husband’s subse- 
quent communication with Dr. Petermann, the Secretary of the 
Geographical Society at Gotha, respecting the fate of Dr. Vogel 
and his friend Herr Beurmann. 
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