CHAPTER III.

THE GOVERNMENT OF DARFUR.

Government Administration in Dara--My Difficulties with the Gellabas--Manners and Customs of the Arabs--Arrival at Shakka--Madibbo Bey Sheikh of the Rizighat--My Visit to Khartum--Arrival of Gessi in Khartum--I return West with Bishop Comboin and Father Ohrwalder--Am appointed Governor-General of Darfur--Hostilities between the Maharia and Bedeyat Arabs--I proceed to the Bedeyat Country--Strange Manners and Customs of the Bedeyat--Saleh Donkusa and Heglik Tree--The Ceremony of Taking the Oath of Fidelity--Return to El Fasher--Troubles at Shakka and Death of Emiliani--I leave for Dara 90