lDo ATr. I-I o t R Olrl) 5 Jo2trney to IVordofan. [18'37. termination of tlle tropical r ains, 5 Tlich genel ally takes ll]tlee therc durinh that month. An expless mie,ht be sent from thence to lthtaltum to or(ler provisions to bc I)repared an(l rea(ly t3gtainst the arrival of the exedition, so that no delay might l:)e occasione(l.

It woukl then proceed up thc Bahr el Abyad, antl I tllink sis months woukl lJe ample time to make surveys of both l)ranehes of the ri+-er. Tlle expedition might then return to Berber, anal xvhen the Nile ha(l risen sufficicntly lligh to ?ass the CRtal'ACtS in the followint, year, it shou]d procee(l immediately to Cairo.

The expe(lition might le eompose(l of the follow-ing persons:-Commander. 4 Artillerymen. A aval Officer, as Sur eyor. 4 Scamen . S llrt,eon . Dragoman or Intcr-Nflturalist and Geologist. preter I 2 En;,ineers.$ Cook. P XralJs. Seljeant of Artillery 4 Sailors. J Just before my dei arture froln I<hartiim, I inquirc(l of Khltlrshi(l Pashui if he thought it possible to sen(l an expedition w-ith safety to en(leavour to discox er the source of the Wllite Nile.

Ilis ideas of navit,ation Tvere cxtremely limitecl; and l;)eing unacquaintetl with the powers of steam, was unable to gixre an o)inion as to tlle utility of steam-vessels in such an expedition. I]e sai(l that he had leen C>1 daas above Al-leis, on the I3ahr AInJrad, in tlle boats of the country and took with him 700 soldiers. He scachetl Denkah, having passed the country of the Shillviks. tie llatl several times been a consitlerable distance ahol e Al-leis. Thc expeditions sere sometimes attacked at night, but nexer (luring the day; and he found it necessary to moor the boats at night of the islan(ls, in preference to the banks of the rilrer. The Shillvilss ere arme(l with slrears anel shields, I)eing ignorant of tlle use of other N-ea?ons of rar. The pasha X-as able to procure dhurral occasionally from the nati-es; though lic said he shoul(l recommend an explorint, est;edition to take biscuits and all its ro+isions flom lthartum, an(l prow-i(le sufliciellt for its return. He thougllt it rould be necessary to take 400 sol(liers. ISe mentionc(l that the river dilide(l a considerable distance from Khartu3n, I;)ut he was not prepare(l to say which was the (lirection of the WNThite Nile, propel-ly so called. He ras of opinion that an expedition could not go and return to Kharttlsll in- the b(lats of the collntry in less than twelve lllonths; but +rhen I informed him that a stcamer +rcnt twice or thrice as fast as a country-boat, against the stream an(l against the vin(l, he thought that it might l)e accomplislled in six. I-lc said there were a fe+r rocks above Al-leis.

Betelveen XVad Shellai and I9hartum the river is clear of thece incumbrances to nasigation.

$ \E'ho would I)lt the sesse1 together ill Egypt,