COUlfTRY. — SNAKES. — BIEDS. 1 1 instead of the usual rewards given here, and expected confidently, what the giver had promised him, either promotion, or at least a good suni of money.' But neither followed, and Jacob ran all day, in the glowing sun's heat, through the camp, witli the German letter of recommendation in his pocket, as, after I had translated it to the Pascha, he coolly gave it back to the bearer. We received from the Pascha the office of thanking the Prince for his attention, and wishing him all possible happiness.

Tlie expected fever from the dreadful heat and bad water has arrived, and the glowing noon-day's sun seems, even through the tent, to be bent on converting our skulls to ashes. Not until ten o'clock at night did perspiration appear, and at the same time there burst out a fearful storm of rain, and tent, bed-covering, cloak, were all wet through, making us fear the worst consequences. But, thank God ! we slept soundly in spite of rain, thunder, and lightning, and in the morning felt pretty well,— so mucli so, that we wore able to make a short hunting excursion. The soaked ground was certainly no pleasant promenade ; we were ever slipping, and our light Turkish shoes sticking in the mud, so that our white stockings, ere long, were the colour of tlie natives' logs. When we got a short distance from the (lurra-fiohls, wo wore both astouisliod and surprised to find ourselves in a country exactly similar to the Westphalian Embschor Bruch, and long did Ave brothers gaze on it, calling up past days in our fatherland ; the country, too, was enlivened by singing-birds, particuhirly the black-heads, with their full, melodious voices— sounds of pleasure one seldom hears in Afrioa, where never is there such nmsic of the Avoods as with us. We pushed on into the bush, whi(;li grew tliicker, and where the grass rose liigli as our heads, liiding the deep rain-courses. On all sides crawled venomous roptiU's; ah'eady had we seen two pretty large snakes and many smaller sunning themselves on dry spots under the bushes, and therefore it was only with great caution, and well examining whore we placed our feet, that we moved on. Besides, wo wore alone, and had still fresh in our memories the sight of tlio two lions of the day before Aosterday. In such high grass, lions or tigers qould easily Ho hid, or fierce cats might croucli among the branches, and every rnst-O 4