A LONG JOUKNEV.

We telegraphed to England to say we were all well, and on our way to the coast. This we had, of course, to send in Arabic, first to Cairo, to be forwarded from there to London. We also telegraphed to Pere Picard, at Sanheit, to have some flour ready on our arrival there, so as to avoid delay ; to Cassala, to order letters (which we expected would be lying there for us), to go to Souakim ; and, lastly, to the English consul at Suez, asking him to reply to Sanheit, to say when he expected that the next two steamers would leave Massawa for Suez.

We found the "shop " of the place tenanted by a Greek, who had recently arrived ; and we were able to bny German beer, and replenish our almost exhausted stock of sugar.

In the afternoon we made a start in the direction of Sanheit, and got about four miles on our road, camping by some wells, where there were plenty of sontA.x, abounding in doves, a number of which we shot. At Amedeb we hired eight fresh camels, as several of ours showed signs of giving out, and we had lost some on the way. Wc sold two, that were too tired to carry loads, for nineteen dollars ; they probably recovered completely, if looked after properly and given a good rest. The following day we made a long and very uninteresting journey of eleven and a half hours. Although we passed wells in two places, we pushed forward, encamping away from water. The Arabs objected, as usual, to our doing this, as time is no object to them, and they do not care how long they take over a journey. We went straight on past the wells, leaving a couple of camels to come on after us with a plentiful supply.

We saw no game all day, travelling in a plain where there was no grass, but plenty of bushes, and crossing occasional khors. On both sides of us there was a range of mountains, some of them of considerable height. We passed two villages, composed of mat huts, situated a long distance from any wells,