CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.

The Khedive and the Soudan--Arabi Pasha--Hicks Pasha's defeat--The Mahdi --Sir Evelyn Baring and Lord Granville on the Soudan--Valentine Baker Pasha--General Gordon: his work in the Upper Soudan--Edward Schnitzler (or Emin Effendi Hakim) and his Province--General Gordon at Khartoum: and account of the Relief Expedition in 1884 under Lord Wolseley--Mr. A. M. Mackay, the missionary in Uganda--Letters from Emin Bey to Mr. Mackay, Mr. C. H. Allen, and Dr. R. W. Felkin, relating to his Province--Mr. F. Holmwood's and Mr. A. M. Mackay's views on the proposed relief of Emin--Suggested routes for the Emin Relief Expedition--Sir Wm. Mackinnon and Mr. J. F. Hutton--The Relief Fund and preparatory details of the Expedition--Colonel Sir Francis De Winton--Selection of officers for the Expedition--King Leopold and the Congo Route--Departure for Egypt 11