TRAVELS OF WADDINGTON AND HANBURY " me to be even more extraordinary. Courage to seek danger, and " calmness to confront it are not uncommon qualities ; but it is dif-" ficult to court poverty, and to endure insult. Hardships, exer-"tions, and privations of all kinds are easy to a man in the " enjoyment of health and vigour ; but, during repeated attacks of a " dangerous disease, which he might have considered as so many "warnings to escape from his fate, that he should never have " allowed his thoughts to wander homewards—that when sickening "among the sands and winds of the desert, he should never have " sighed for the freshness of his native mountains—this does, " indeed, prove an ardour in the good cause in which he was " engaged, and a resolution, if necessary, to perish in it, that made " his character very uncommon, and fate most lamentable ; and " perhaps none are so capable of estimatmg his character, as surely " none can more lament his fate, than those who can bear " testimony to the truth of his information ; who have trod the "country that he has so well described, and gleaned the fields "where he reaped so ample a harvest."

On Nov. i8th they were opposite the temple of Soleb, but were unable to visit the ruins because they found no means of crossing the river ; on the 20th they passed Delligo, or Dulgo, and reached Koke. On the 22nd they crossed the frontier of the kingdom of Dar Mahass, and entered that of Dongola ; the frontier was then marked by a large hill called Arambo, which stands about four miles from the river, and by five palm trees which were by the river side. On the 24th they visited the Island of Arko, and examined the two gray granite statues which lie there, the measurements given by Mr.

Waddington being 22 ft. 6 in., and 23 ft. 5 in., respectively. On the 25th they reached Maragga, or New Dongola, and on the following day they embarked in a boat to sail up to Gebel Barkal ; on the 28th they arrived at Old Dongola, and were greatly disappointed at the barrenness of its site. On Dec. 7th they arrived at Korti, near which had been recently fought the battle between Muhammad All's troops, led by Isma'il Pasha, and the Shaikiyas. Isma'il's loss was one officer and sixteen men wounded, whilst the Shaikiyas ' Waddington and Hanhury, /ourna of a Visit to some Paris of Ethiopia, with maps and other engravings, London, 1822.

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