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TEAVELS m CENTEAL AFETCA. 
though Moosa Pasha does all in his power to crush him; such 
are his menaces and vengeance^ that Petherick cannot secure the 
services of an Arab scribe. The European agent also^ who had 
agreed to watch over our interest, and who was to receive liberal 
pay, has declined at the last moment. The British Consulate 
exists no longer.^^ 
June &th. 
^‘^The post leaves to-day; I hasten to finish this. I 
believe that this day week we start I shall not write 
again from Khartoum. Poor Eatma, who is broken-hearted, packs 
up our things, and makes delicate bread for our use in the desert ; 
she is a noble creature. Foxcroft, Bechan, the hoy Bine, and little 
Zitella are to accompany us : also the Janissary Shagir Mahommed. 
Miss Tinne will leave about the same time we do ; and our 
boats will, as far as it is practicable, proceed together. No more 
then, Mona dear, perhaps for weeks, from your fond sister.^^ 
My next letter, I find, is not until September 26th, and too ill 
to make any notes ; to fill up the interval I must again refer to my 
husband’s memoranda. 
