1837] KajebzJ -Sbu-gharat-El tAdayaEr. 173 wells. In the evening I left Tiirah, our direction due W., to Abb ghErat, where we halted for the night. The distance travelled to-day 8 hours 40 minutes. The ne:st morning a caras-an arrived at Abb gharat arld I soon ascertained that it was that of Atii Med an half-brother to the present Sultan of Dar Fur, who yvas on his way to Khartiim, intending, with lihurshid Pasha's permission, to go to Cairo to endeavour to persuade Mohammed 'Ali to furnish him with troops-to proceed against his brother, and, if possible, make Dar Fur tributary to the Egyptian viceroy. A gentleman at Khartum had given me a letter of introduction to this sable prince, an(l I lost no time in presenting myself at his d;van. I found him about 25 years of age, of the most complete jet black, with a countenance frank, ingenuous, and pleasing, and features partaking little of those characteristic of the negro; in stature, short and inclined to corpulency. From him I learnt that the present Sultan would detain all Europeans Yvho shouItI enter his kingdom, as prisonersunaler the impression that they llad visited it to make surveys with the idea of returning to Europe and bringing an army to subdue and overthrow him: that such prisoners he would treat with collrtesy, furnish them with a housen good provisions, horsesn slaves, a harem, &c.> but that a guar(l would always be stationed at the door, an(l the state-prisoners would never be a1-loved even to ride or walk out unless acdompanieel by an escort. The Sultan resides at E1 Fisher, which is calleal also Tendelti; he has an army equipped with swords, spears, and shields: firearms are unknowvn amongst them. The inhabitants of Dar Fur., as w-ell as Dar NIarahv to the S of it, are Mohammedans. Abu Medyan informed me that the distance from El-'Oleid, the capital of Kordofan, to E1 Fasher, was 13 days of camel journey-s. lFrom Kobbeh to Kubkabiyah 3 days, and from Kobbeh to Debbah; nearly opposite to Old Donkolah, iS (lays. In the evening I resumed my journey in a S.W. direction, anel in 3 hours arrived at E1 'Adayir. The water at Abu-gharat is good, while that at E1 'Adayir is ltrackish. This latter village is situated on the edge of an uninhabited waste, and, as it was a bright moonlight night, I determined to enter it immediately. In 1 hour and $0 minutes we were obliged to stop, as the .Hfiji was taken suddenly ill. Our jourrley to-day was 4 hours 50 minutes. I5hermometer 96?. March 24. I set off early, and in 51 hours arrived at a single isolated tree, the only one between E1 Adayir and Habshabeh. In hours from this spot we T)assed Jebel esh-shawAyir, a hill about 250 feet high, a little to the left of our route; and 44 hours beyon(l halted for the night, after having travelled this day 12 hours 3() minutes.