CHAPTER XXVII.

EMIN PASHA--A STUDY.

The Relief of David Livingstone compared with the Relief of Emin Pasha--Outline of the journey of the Expedition to the first meeting with Emin--Some few points relating to Emin on which we had been misinformed--Our high conception of Emin Pasha--Loyalty of the troops, and Emin’s extreme indecision--Surprise at finding Emin a prisoner on our third return to the Nyanza--What might have been averted by the exercise of a little frankness and less reticence on Emin’s part--Emin’s virtues and noble desires--The Pasha from our point of view--Emin’s rank and position in Khartoum, and gradual rise to Governor of Equatoria--Gordon’s trouble in the Soudan--Emin’s consideration and patience--After 1883 Emin left to his own resources--Emin’s small explorations--Correctness of what the Emperor Hadrian wrote of the Egyptians--The story of Emin’s struggles with the Mahdi’s forces from 1883 to 1885--Dr. Junker takes Emin’s despatches to Zanzibar in 1886--Kabba Rega a declared enemy of Emin--The true position of Emin Pasha prior to his relief by us, showing that good government was impossible--Two documents (one from Osman Digna, and the other from Omar Saleh) received from Sir Francis Grenfell, the Sirdar 228