GOHR-EIGASH. 213 ClIAl*. XII.

Gohr-cl-Gash.—Dam across the great Gohr.— Kassela-el-lus. — Elephants.

Ijon and PJephant Hunt.— Mohmnmed Din,— Murder c»f his Nephew and Friends.—Sheik Mussa resolves to starve himself.—The Faki-el-Kebir.—Faki Village.— Faki Plot.— Narrow Escape.

TiiK hatred of the natives among them.selve.s goes so far, that it has caused " divide et inipera " to be the rule of Egypt's policy. Mohammed Ehle, who is appointed by the Divan Sheik of the Hallengii, has taken it into his pious wise head to drive the Iladdenda out of their land, if not totally extirpate them, with the supjwrt of the; Turks. The great Gohr-el-Grash goes in full force from here, and sends its arms— such, for instance, as the gohr at El-Sofr — tlirough tiie lands of the Haddenda ; and it is this that gives abundance of water to this great tribe and their fruitful lands, as well as, here and there, to the impenetrable Chaaba, that land of free tribes so much dreaded by the Turks. This lift-veiu is now, on the advice of Mohammed Ehle, who already before tried it, to be cut otf without mercy ; and I, as engineer and confidential adviser to the Pascha, have been at the same time compelled to lend a helping hand in it. MohamnuMl Ehle, the Pascha, and Amounted dromedaries, and rwle, followed at a distance by an escort, towanis the south, for about an hour, passing by tlie village of Kadmin. On our way our beasts suddenly shied, and 1 fancied 1 saw a hulk of a Ix'ar ; but it ])rovcd to be son)e large babo<)ns, who were hurrying past us from tlie doiu-palni forest, where they find their food, to the barren rocks, over which dangerous road they made their way with great speed and agility. We then came to tiie western rocks of the Kassela-el-Lus, whicii exten<l to the goiir Here the golir was pretty deep, and at tlie same time narrower both above and below, and this place seemed suitable for foruiing a dam slantiiig across it. The Pascha at once gave the order, that a part of the army, with 4{XX) axes, should cut down the palms, which are only to be found in the neighbourhood of the gohr, and as far « 4