THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN who were on board, and have some of the riches which they carried about with them. When the captain refused to stop they promptly fired at his boat from each side of the river. A few days later, at no great distance from Korosko, Captain Norden was reading over a list of names of places which they had passed on the preceding day, and making corrections in the spelling by the help of the captain of the boat and his Jewish valet, when suddenly a native, to whom a passage had been given on the boat, rushed on him, snatched the paper out of his hand and tore it in pieces ; he then retired quietly to his place as if nothing had happened. The bystanders burst into a laugh, and when an explanation of the incident was demanded by Captain Norden, the passenger told him that he did not wish him to know the name of the place whence he came. The man was convinced that Captain Norden would one day return with many of his fellow-countrymen, and having made himself master of the country would force him into his service ; such was the reason he gave for snatching at the paper and tearing it up.

Having continued his journey, and examined the ruins in the Wadi Sabu'a, Captain Norden arrived at " Koroscoff," or Korosko. The governor of the little town was found seated in the middle of a field, exposed to all the heat of the sun, and employed in deciding a dispute between two men about a camel.

He had the look of a wolf, and was dressed like a beggar. An old napkin, which had once been white, made his turban, and a red dress, still older, scarcely covered his body, portions of w hich appeared through the holes. His behaviour was insolent, and continued to be so until the valet promised him a present, when he suddenly became amiable, and told Captain Norden that there was nothing to prevent him from going to Derr. Thereupon Captain Norden set sail, but before he had gone any great distance, the master of the boat declared that nothing would induce him to proceed to the Second Cataract, or indeed to carry him any farther than Derr, that is to say, about seventy- five miles north of the foot of the Second Cataract. Continuing his journey a little above Amiida, Captain Norden found in use a curious method adopted by the natives for crossing the Nile. Two men were sitting on a bundle of reeds, which was towed by 14