Abou-Sin, my Dromedary.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

THE BATN EL-HADJAR.

The Bate El-Hadjar, or Belly of Stone— Ancient Granite Quarries— The Village of Dal — A Ruined Fortress— A "Wilderness of Stones— The Hot Springs of TTkme— A Windy Night — A Dreary Day in the Desert— The Shekh's Camel Fails— Descent t« Samneh — The Temple and Cataract — Meersheh — The Sale of Abou-Sin— We Emerge from the Belly of Stone — A Kababish Caravan — Tho Rock of Abou-Seer— View of the Second Cataract — We reach Wadi-Halfa — Selling my Dromedaries-Farewell to Abou-Sin — Thanksgiving on the Ferry-boat — Parting with the Camelmen.

Ox the sixth day after leaving Dongola I passed through Sukkot, and reached the commencement of Batn El-Hadjar — The Belly of Stone — as the savage mountain country for a