Mr. I4OLROYD'S Journey to Kordofan. 174 [1837. March 2o.-Started at l past 6 A.M., and in 3i hours arrivefl at the village of E1 HabshCiloeh. In passing this 'Akalah or (lesertascent, it is necessary to carry water, as none can be procurcel between El 'Adaylr ancl E1 lSabshabeh. Before leaving Allonkarah or Kajebi, the traveller shoultl see that each camel is larovided with two water-skins to be fille(l at the wells of Abu-ghartit, in preference to those at El'A(laylr. 'rhe camel-drivers will provide the skins, and suspentl one on each side of each camcl under the baggage. The water at E1 I4abshabeh is good and plentiful. The desert between it and E1 'Ac3ci-ir is uninhabited lout we observed occasionally Kababish Arabs pasturing their camels upon a plant to which theygive the name of Askanit,4 an(l which the camels eat with avidity. Tlle plants are covere(l with fine thorns, which readily enter the skin and giw-e great inconvenience and annoyance to the traveller In the evening we travelled 3. hours before stopping for the night. The distance to-day 6 hours 40 minutes. Therm. 99?.

March 26.-In 8 hours from our resting-place we reaclle(l E1 Kowermat, the water of which is good. Here I tnet with two pilgrims from Bornu, who were on their way to NIelika. They had come by way of Dar Fur an(l Kordofan, and ha(l already been twelve months on their journey. They ha(l a very vague idea of their country, and all the information I could obtain froin them was that it was situated upon a rilrer called Shari, which they believed to be one of the tributary streams of the White River, and that the name of their present Sult.an is Moharnme(l.

Between E1 Habshalveh and Kowermat innumerable trees are deeayed and laid prostrate, the work of those destruetive insects the white ants, which abound in this desert. The soil between these two plaees is light and sandy; and very little is at present under eultivation. Eneamped for the night after a day's journey of 12 hours i() minutes. Thermometer 103?.

March 27. In 50 minutes we arrived at E(l-du'ama, and, our eamels and asses being fatigued, stopped here for the day: between E1 Kowermat and Ed-(lu'amE the soil is sandy, an(l few patehes of it are eapable of eultivation. T-lle only grain pro(luee(l is dhukhn ksorghum), whieh appears to thrive well on a light sandy soil. The inhabitants of all these villages are almost wholly lsne(lueated, and have very primitive ideas. A l)oy aske(l sne at E(l-du'ama how many days there were in- an hour ?

In the afternoon I left Ed-du'ama, and after 4 hours an(l 20 ninutes stoppeal for the night. Thermometer 104?.

Mfxrch 28. We started this morning early, anel in 4 hours arrived at Wad Desakki [Dha-s-stikiyeh ?J. After having kille(l a lamb whieh I proeured in the village, I observed that our * ;tvennisatula dichotomum ?-F, S.