10 CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXX.

The Commerce of Soudan — Avenues of Trade — The Merchants — Character of the Im

ports — Speculation — The Gum Trade of Kordofan — The Ivory Trade — Abutes of the Government — The Traffic in Slaves — Prices of Slaves — Their Treatment, . °S4

CHAPTER XXX T.

Farewell Breakfast — Departure from Khartoum — Parting with Dr. Reitz — A '.'relic-

tion and its Fulfilment — Dreary Appearance of the Country — Lions— Buryins- Grounds — The Natives — My Kababish Guide, Mohammed — Character of the Arab* — Habits of Deception — My Dromedary — Mutton and Mareesa — A Soudan Ditty — The Rowyan — Akaba Gerri — Heat and Scenery — An Altercation with the Guide —

A Mishap— A Landscape — Tedious Approach to EI Metcmma-— Appearance of rlie Town— Preparations for the Desert— Meeting Old Acquaintances, . . :;!>'2

CHAPTER XXXI!.

Entering the Desert— Character of the Scenery — Wells— Fear of the Arabs — The La-

loom Tree — Effect of the Hot Wind — Mohammed overtakes us — Arab Endurance —

An unpleasant Bedfellow — Comedy of the Crows — Gazelles — Wo encounter a Sand-

storm—The Mountain of Thirst— The . Wells of Djeekdud— A Mountain Pass- Desert Intoxication— Scenery of the Tahle-'and — Bir Kiiannik — The Kababish Arabs— Gazelles again — Ruins of an Ancient Ooptic Monastery— Distant View of the Nile Valley— DjebelBerkel— We come into P..rt 406

CHAPTER XXXIIE.

Our whereabouts— Shekh Mohammed Abd c'-Djebal — My residence at Abdom — Cross-

ing the River — A Superb Landscape — The Town of Merawe — Eido to Djebel Berkel — The Temples of Napata — Ascent of the Mountain — Ethiopian Panorama — Lost and Found — The Pyramids— The Governor of Merawe — A Scene in the Divan — The Shekh and I — The Governor Dines with me — Ruins of the City of Napata —

A Talk about Religions— Engaging Camels for Wadi-Halfa— The Shekh's Parting Blessing, 421

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Appearance of the Country — Korti — The Town of Ambukol — The Caravan reorgan-

ized— A Fiery Eide — We reach Edabbe — An Illuminated Landscape — A Torment — Nubian Agriculture — Old Dongola — The Palace-Mosque of the Nubian Kings — A Panorama of Desolation — The Old City — Nubian Gratitude — Another Sand-Storm — A Dreary Journey — The Approach to Handak — A House of Doubtful Character — The Inmates — Journey to El Ordeo (New Dongola) — Khoorshid Bey — Appearance of the Town, 43S

CHAPTER XXXV.

We start for Wadi-Halfa— The Plague of Black Gnats— Mohammed's Coffin— The

Ts'and of Argo--' Market-Day— Scenery of the Nile— Entering Dar El-Mahass —