SULB (SOLEB) to encroach on and cover up the " strip of herbage " which was grown with such difficulty.

We left Kubba Idris early next morning, and by the help of the north wind we arrived at Sulb about two o'clock in the afternoon. We were received by a few shekhs, who seemed glad to see the Inspector, and spoke many pretty words of welcome to us both. A walk of about half a mile brought us to the ruins of what Cailliaud rightly calls " an Egyptian monument of the first order " ( Voyage, tom. i., p. 376). The size and importance of this VIEW OK THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF SULB.

[From a photograph by J. W. Crowfoot, Esq.

" monument " or temple may be imagined from the following facts and figures.' It was built by Amen-hetep III. in the fifteenth century before Christ, to commemorate his conquests in the Sudan, and to consolidate his hold upon the country, and to help him to control the trade between Egypt and the country on both sides of the Blue Nile, which even in those days must have been very considerable. The temple consisted of:— i. A propylon now quite ruined. 2. A court, 155 feet long, with side walls, which joined the first propylon to the second. In this court was a flight of A plan with furthei- details is given elsewhere in the account of the Sudan conquests of Amen-hetep III., king of Egypt, B.C. 1450.

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