CHAPTER XXV.

EMIN PASHA, GOVERNOR OF THE SOUDANESE PROVINCES.

SKETCH OF HIS EARLY LIFE -- HIS REAL NAME -- A SILESIAN BY BIRTH -- STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU -- BECOMES A PHYSICIAN -- GOES TO TURKEY, AND THENCE TO ANTIVARI AND SCUTARI -- ATTACHED TO THE COURT OF VALIS ISMAEL PASHA HAGGI -- RETURNS HOME 1873 -- IN 1875 GOES TO EGYPT -- ENTERS THE EGYPTIAN SERVICE AS “DR. EMIN EFFENDI” -- MEETS WITH GENERAL GORDON -- RECEIVES THE POST OF COMMANDER OF LADO, TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCE -- DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON AND RETREAT OF LORD WOLSELEY’S ARMY -- BECOMES DEPENDENT UPON HIS OWN RESOURCES AFTER ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT IS CUT OFF -- ENCOMPASSED BY HOSTILE TRIBES, IS LOST TO THE REST OF THE WORLD -- A RESUME OF WHAT HE EFFECTED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS -- HIS DIARY -- EXTRACTS SENT TO FRIENDS -- INSURRECTION, AND INVASION OF THE PROVINCE BY THE MAHDI’S FORCES -- HIS POSITION VERY CRITICAL -- EXCITES THE SYMPATHY OF THE WHOLE WORLD 446