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                             THE JOURNALS

                                  OF

                    MAJOR-GEN. C. G. GORDON, C.B.,

                             _AT KARTOUM_.

[Illustration: MAJOR-GEN. C. G. GORDON, C.B.]




                             THE JOURNALS
                                  OF
                    MAJOR-GEN. C. G. GORDON, C.B.,
                              AT KARTOUM.


                   _PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS._


                        INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

                                  BY

                            A. EGMONT HAKE,
             AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF CHINESE GORDON,” ETC.

   WITH PORTRAIT, TWO MAPS, AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER SKETCHES
                          BY GENERAL GORDON.

[Illustration: LOGO]

                                LONDON:
           KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
                                 1885.




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PREFACE.


THE work of editing these Journals is at an end; it only remains
now for me to thank one of my oldest and most valued friends, whose
assistance in every way I wish most thoroughly to acknowledge: this
is Mr. Godfrey Thrupp. When it became obvious that the public demand
for the work made its completion in so short a time impossible—as the
conscientious achievement of one man—he generously came forward. His
knowledge of the East and his deep interest in the subject made him an
