ABSTRACT
Baker foresaw, well before the expiration of his contract, that he would not renew it. His letter conveying this information to Ismail has not been found; but, from what the Viceroy wrote to him in February, 1872, we gather that he proposed that his successor should be his nephew, Lieutenant Julian Baker, R.N. The reply which this proposal received brings out Ismail’s keen interest in the opening-up of Central Africa. He wrote:—
