MERAWI IN 1897 be drawn. Her hair, which had been specially dressed for the occasion, was done up in little rolls all round her head, and these were stiffened with bits of sheep's wool and mud, and perfumed with castor oil and some very strong European scent, probably recently purchased at the Tankasi market. In her ears were enormous earrings made of silver and studded with red and green stones. She had a massive silver armlet on each arm near the shoulder, some half-dozen large, hollow bracelets on each wrist, and very heavy anklets on her ankles. Her apparel was made of MOTHER-OF-PEARl. AMULET INSCRIBED IN ARABIC WITH THE WORDS " FOLLOWER OF THE MAOH!."

some pretty silken material, with a large flowered pattern, and she wore a necklace of huge beads, made of coral, amber, quartz, shell, &c., which descended to her waist. There were several very quaint rings on her fingers, but she had no sandals for her feet. She had been brought straight out of the dhurra field to be drawn by Mr. Maud, and the mud was in cakes on her feet and ankles in spite of all her finer)'. All the ornaments and the dress belonged to the shekh's wives, and many of them must have been in his family for generations, and have come originally from Constantinople, for the intricate silver work, inlaid with green enamel, was certainly never made in the Sudan. Mr. Maud 215