On the 12th of Rebi, I passed over to the camp of the Pasha.  I did not however obtain an audience of his Excellence till two days after, when, being alone, he sent for me, and received me in the most nattering manner, ordering me as usual to sit in his presence.  After the usual compliments, I informed his Excellence that I had been much mortified and distressed, that the act of God, in depriving me of the use of my eyes a few days before his Excellence left Wady Halfa, had prevented me from accompanying his victorious march, and participating in the exploits of his troops; so that I had not arrived till there was nothing left to do.  His Excellence replied that a “great deal more remained to be done, in which I should have a share.”  I replied with a compliment, and then demanded horses and camels for myself, and the soldiers I had brought with me; he replied “that I should have them.”  After some further conversation, of a confidential nature, I retired.  During the nine days following, I had reason to applaud the humanity and good policy of the Pasha, in offering amnesty and peace to all the brigands who should come in and surrender themselves.  Several of their chiefs, whom they call “Maleks” accompanied by their followers, came in while the camp remained near Meroe.  The chiefs were presented with costly habiliments, and the written protection of his Excellence, recognizing them as under his safeguard; and returned with their followers to their homes, tranquillized and contented.  The most rigid discipline was observed in the camp, to prevent the people of the country from suffering by the presence of the army.  Some soldiers and domestics were severely beaten for taking sheep and goats without paying for them, and five of the Abbadies (or auxiliaries mounted on dromedaries) were impaled for having seized some camels from the peasants.  It was truly honorable to the army and its commander to see villages embosomed in a camp, whose inhabitants, men, women and children, pursued their usual occupations, without molestation and without fear.  In the country below, which had been the scene of combat, the fields were deserted, and for several days I had not seen a peasant at work upon the ground.  In the vicinity of the camp of the Pasha, where the people had submitted themselves, the discordant creak of the water-wheels frequently attracted the ear, and the peasants cultivated their fields within musket shot of the camp of a conqueror.

On the 21st of Rebi, a detachment, consisting of three hundred cavalry, departed from the camp for the country of the Berbers, to secure its submission and to obtain horses and camels for the army.  Learning that it was the intention of the Pasha to march in a few days, to pitch his camp about eight hours march farther up the river, I wished to ascertain whether I could have the horses and camels I needed before the Pasha marched.  His reply to my demand was, that he had no camels, at present, that were not appropriated