arriving at the outskirts of the town at four o'clock in the afternoon, and rushing into it before the Arabs had time even to shut the gates. The natives and slaves in the surrounding fields were, meanwhile, looking on in apathetic indifference at their arrival. This easily achieved success may be attributed to the excellent policy which the Commandant Dhanis had pursued throughout the whole campaign, in never allowing the natives to be interfered with or molested, unless they actually attacked us under the Arab flag.

The natives throughout the whole country had got to know this, and, on Lothaire's approach, instead of flying terror-stricken into the town, they simply watched with curiosity our troops passing. Rumaliza is said to have escaped into the great forest, accompanied by only four men. De Wouters and his company