[4] The Arabs have a proverb, "A dog's tail will never stand straight," meaning that evil habits, once acquired, cannot be got rid of.
[5] Ismail landed at Naples, and resided in many places in Europe, principally in Paris and London, till in December, 1887, he was permitted to settle at Constantinople, where he died in 1895. His body was brought back to Egypt and interred with great ceremony.
[6] Tewfik went to Europe in 1870, but was recalled when he had only got as far as Vienna.
[7] Saddyk was taken by Ismail in his carriage to the Palace at Ghezireh on 14th November, 1876, and was never after seen alive.
[8] "Egypt and the Egyptian Question," by D. Mackenzie Wallace, page 85.
[9] Every reader of Egyptian history will remember that the Mamelukes being in revolt against Mehemet Ali, were by a device induced to meet at the Citadel, where, with the exception of one who escaped by a perilous leap on horseback, they were all put to death.
[10] "Khedives and Pashas," pp. 111-2.
[11] Parliamentary Papers, Egypt, No. 4, 1883, page 88.
[12] It is gratifying to be able to add that, as an acknowledgment of Mr. Cookson's services on this occasion, he received by telegraph an expression of sympathy from Her Majesty's Government.
[13] The actual murderer of Mr. Ribton was Hag Mahomed Ismail, who was subsequently convicted and hanged.