8 Seven Years in tJic Soudan.

CHAPTER II.

FROM SUi:Z TO KHARTOUM.

The Za7rt-/7— Oveiloacled steamer— Jeddali— Sale uf Slaves —

jjilo'i-ims _ Damages — Sharks — Saakim — Quarantine — Two liumlrcd and fortv camels— Caravan of two hundred and ten camels— The Dose"rt— Three hun.lrcd English miles on foot— Aiiab— Profitable chase— A fall from a camel— Crocodile-hunt— A man devoured — Khartoum.

The Zaiin::!<i was au old screw steamer destined for service between Jeddali, Suakira, and Massowah. It had on board a great quantity of goods to be left

AKKIVAL AT SUAKIM.

at Jeddab, three hundred tons of wire, telegraph posts of cast-iron, clothing and provisions for soldiers, and two hundred and fifty tons of coal. The vessel was overloaded, and seemed a mere raft. On this