CHAPTER XVII.

MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS (_continued_).

Administration of Justice--The Kadi el Islam--Religion in the Sudan--The Khalifa's Sermons--Enforced Pilgrimage to the Mahdi's Tomb--Limits of the Mahdist Empire--Natural Produce--Caravan Roads--Ostrich Hunting--Trade and Commerce--The Slave-trade--The Slave Market--Industries--Immorality--Unpopularity of the Khalifa--His Ignorance and Cruelty--His Private Apartments--Principal Buildings in Omdurman--Description of the City--The Prison and its Horrors--Death of Zeki Tummal and Kadi Ahmed 544