[228] Goba is rather more than a mile from the Palace of Kartoum.—Ed.
[229] i.e. to escape the guns of the North Fort.—Ed.
[230] i.e. mounted Arabs.—Ed.
[231] i.e. it would have been possible had the force started earlier.—Ed.
[232] i.e. a bedstead.—Ed.
[233] Not because General Gordon held Zubair in esteem, but as a record of how often he had asked for his presence, and of how closely his absence was connected with the welfare of the Soudan.—Ed.
[234] “The Committee are unanimous in the feeling that countenance in any shape for such an individual (i.e. Zubair) would be a degradation to England and a scandal to Europe.”—Mr. Sturge to Earl Granville, British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, March 10th, 1884.—Ed.
[235] i.e. Zubair would have been able to obtain it for me.—Ed.
[236] “You will bear in mind the main end to be pursued is the evacuation of the Soudan.
“In undertaking this difficult task which now lies before you, you may feel assured that no effort will be wanting on the part of the Cairo authorities, whether English or Egyptian, to afford you all the co-operation and support in their power.”—Sir E. Baring to Major-General Gordon, Inclosure in Egypt No 6.—Ed.