SIXGULAK KECOVEKY. — SUPPER TArTY. 2.?9 much soured, openly and bitterly complain to us of their Avants, and make no secret of their hatred of the Turks. Thus, in one Avay or another, the whole camp is filled with sickness and discontent. I myself had been ill eight days of fever and ague, and Avas lying alone in our tent, sulfering from violent fever, when a, Faki entered and came up to my bed head, accompanied by Melek Mahmud,"who had brought him to cure mo. My brother entered, and seating himself on his angareb, signed to me, wit'n assumed gravity, to remain calm and quiet, as the Faki commenced murmuring sentences out of the Koran, and, like a mcsraeriser, to pass his hand over my head and face. To please the Melek, I submitted quietly ; but when the priest, raising his voice, began to spit in my face, while he would have held me down by the shoulders, I, enraged, sprung up and hurled him from mo on my brother, whose enjoyment of the scene greatly annoyed me. In an instant, I was all well again : the excitement had tlirown off the fever, nor did it return.

The Sheik Mohammed Dcfallah, Avho very often visits us, had slain a young camel, and asked us to sup with him. Althougli we as yet had not tasteel camel flesh, Ave preferred remaining at home, as Ave had game, and Avere preparing a pudding for supper, and Avere just about to commence our meal, Avhen ho appeared, followed by tAvo squires, and Avith friendly violence forced us to go Avith him. We found in his recuba Abu Sin, Wod-Xaga, and tAvo other Sheiks. The camel flesh had been cut in small pieces, stuck on Avooden skcAvers, fat and lean alternately, and roasted. It did not suit our palates, Ave much jireferring dishes prepared after our own country fashion. His bilbil, a better kind of nierissa, however repaid us, and put us in better humour ; and not to appear stingy before the iLthiopians, Ave had our own supper brought in, as also what Ave had intended for our next day's dinner ; aIz. some roast hare, and a, ragout of guinea-foAvl. Of course avc, Avith a " Bismillah," in-Auted the Sheiks to partake ; and our cookery so Avell suited their taste, that the strongly spiced camel flesh found few customers. On our producing a rice pudding, mixed Avith raisins, and covered Avith Avine sauce, Avhich certainly should have been four times as large as it Avas, all burst out into praises ; and these joys became S