Travels in Kordofan. Embracing a description of that province of Egypt, and of some of the bordering countries, with a review of the present state of the commerce in those countries, of the habits and customs of the inhabitants, as also an account of the slave hunts taking place under the government of Mehemed Ali / By Ignatius Pallme.

  • Pallme, Ignatius.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Travels in Kordofan. Embracing a description of that province of Egypt, and of some of the bordering countries, with a review of the present state of the commerce in those countries, of the habits and customs of the inhabitants, as also an account of the slave hunts taking place under the government of Mehemed Ali / By Ignatius Pallme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    procuring me the acquaintance of many merchants from the more distant provinces. With these ad¬ vantages I travelled during nineteen months in all directions through these countries. Wrhilst on my journey, or sojourning in any place, I noted down in my journal everything that appeared to me re¬ markable, which I laid before my friends for their amusement on my return. It is with their advice, and more particularly at the instigation of the celebrated French traveller Antoine dAbbadie, that the information I was able to collect respect- V ing a country of which so little was formerly known, now appears in print. My journey was strictly mercantile in its tendency; I cannot, there¬ fore, venture on so explicit a description as might be expected of a traveller or a man well versed in the various sciences a traveller should profess, and yet I am not altogether diffident, inasmuch as I think that my small contribution will at least form a short guide for those who may be willing to ex¬ plore these countries more fully hereafter, as it will give them many a hint before they reach these climes, which will save them much trouble and inconvenience during their residence in Kordofan. Although two distinguished German travellers, Dr.