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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
Beurmann_, under the name of Ibrahim Bey, was hospitably 
received by Sheikh Omar at Kuka during four or five months. He 
then left for Jacuba or Bauchi (twenty days’ journey south-west 
from Kuka), where his horse died. After his return to Kuka, he 
remained there a month to rest himself and prepare for a journey 
to Wadai. On the eve of his departure, with four free negroes. 
Sheikh Omar presented Beurmann with a fine black horse. He 
left a box, full of books, papers, and instruments, in the care of 
Mahommed Ben el Sag, of the Walled Suliman, and a chief of 
Arab horsemen in the service of Sheikh Omar, Sultan of Burnou. 
Beurmann met with no obstacle until he arrived at Maw or Mayo, 
in Kanem, where, with signs of friendship, he was detained and 
hospitably supported by the Khalifa Betshimi, or Mousa. This 
chief sent to inform Sultan Sherif of the character of his guest, 
who, after taking leave of Betshimi, was waylaid and murdered by 
negro horsemen, the slaves of Sultan Sherif. The whole of his 
effects and arms — comprising several double fowling-pieces, per- 
cussions, double pistols, and a breech-loading rifle — were conveyed 
to the Sultan. 
Thus ended the account of Hadji Dries, who left my house, in 
continuation of his pilgrimage, on May 28th, 1864. 
‘'Mn common with the generality of Africans and Orientals, 
Hadji Dries knew not his own age, and attaching little or no 
importance thereto, his recollection of dates was not trustworthy ; 
but his statements leave no doubt on my mind with regard to the 
certainty of the disastrous and melancholy fate of the unfortunate 
travellers, who, in the ardour of their zeal, fell victims to the stern 
and uncompromising fanaticism that stamps the character of the 
ignorant and barbarous Mahommedans who inhabit these regions. 
In the course of the month following the departure of Hadji Dries, 
