THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN there for catching fish, and some of them reminded me of the fishtraps which the people of Mesopotamia set along the banks of the River Tigris.

Soon after leaving Korti, the heat became very trying, for there was a dampness in it which is a characteristic of the time of the year when the Nile begins to fall. A thermometer in the shade marked 123°, the double covering over the deck had to be removed because we began to feel the effect of the north wind, which drove the smoke and sparks from the chimney aft over the steamer, instead of forward as was the case when we were AN ISLAND NEAR MERAWI.

steaming on the other side of the great bend ot the river.

This had the effect of increasing our general discomfort, and all the Europeans on the steamer were truly thankful when the engineer announced that Merawi, our destination, was in sight. Almost immediately afterwards we saw the ruddy mass of what seemed, when compared with the flat country about us, to be a huge mountain looming above the tops of the palms, and we knew from pictures of it which we had seen that it must be Gebel Barkal. In two hours more the steamer anchored, and as we saw tents stretching away up the river for a 112