CONTENTS. 7 Breakfast in a Ptolemaic Temple -The Island of Biggeh— Backsheesh— The Cataract — The Granite Quarries of Assouan— The Travellers separate, ... 152 CHAPTER XIII.

Solitary Travel — Scenery of the Nubian Nile — Agriculture — The Inhabitants — Arrival at Korosko — The Governor — The Tent Pitched— Shekh Abou-Mohammed — Burgaining for Camels — A Drove of Giraffes — Visits — Preparations for the Desert — M y Last Evening on the Nile, 102 CHAPTER XIV.

The Curve of the Nile — Routes across the Desert — Our Caravan starts — Riding on a Dromedary— The Guide and Camel-drivers — Hair-dressing — El Biban— Scenery — Dead Camels — An Unexpected Visit — The Guide makes my Grave — The River without Water— Characteristics of the Mirage — Desert Life — The Sun— The Desert Air — Infernal Scenery — The Wells of Murr-hat— Christmas — Mountain Chains-Meeting Caravans — Plains of Gravel — The Story of Joseph — Djebel Mokrat — The Last Day in the Desert — We see the Nile again, 1T1 CHAPTER XV.

A Draught of Water — Abou-Hammed — The Island of Mokrat — Ethiopian Scenery — The People — An Ababdeh Apollo — Encampment on the Nile — Tomb of an Englishman— Eesa's Wedding— A White Arab — The Last Day of the Year — Abou-Hashym — Incidents — Loss of my Thermometer— The Valley of Wild Asses — The Eleventh Cataract — Approach to Berber— Vultures — Eyoub Outwitted — We reach El Mekheyref— The Caravan Broken up, 193 CHAPTER XVI.

A Wedding — My Reception by the Military Governor — Achmet — The Bridegroom — A Guard — I am an American Bey — Kerf — The Bey's Visit — The Civil Governor — About the Navy — The Priest's Visit — Riding in State — The Dongolese Stallion — A Merchant's House -The Town — Dinner at the Governor's — The Pains of Royalty — A Salute to the American Flag — Departure, 206 CHAPTER XVII.

Fortunate Travel — The America — Ethiopian Scenery — The Atbara River — Darner — A Melon Patch — Agriculture — The Inhabitants — Change of Scenery — The First Hippopotamus— Crocodiles — Effect of My Map — The Eais and Sailors — Arabs in Ethiopia—Ornamental Scars— Beshir— The Slave Bakhita— We Approach Meroe, 219 CHAPTER XVIII.

Arrival at Bedjerowiyeh— The Ruins of Meroe— Walk Across the Plain— The Pyramids— Character of their Masonry — The Tower and Vault — Finding of the Treasure— The Second Group — More Ruins -Site of the City — Number of the Pyramids — The Antiquity of Meroe — Ethiopian and Egyptian Civilization— The Caucasian Race— Reflections, 229