From Suez to KhartoiDii.

applied myself to fislimo^. The sharks, turning' on their backs, swallowed the hooks, but the fish were so hu'Q-c that the hook with the bait remained in their mouths and the cord was broken by their powerful resistance. When, however, one of them was drawn to the surface of the Avater, a volley of rifle shots killed him. Tlie fishing was continued as long as we had bait and cord. The engineers had meantime finished their work, and towards

four o'clock in the morning we started again. At noon of the third day after we left Jeddali wo entered a large bay. Next day we cast anchor at Suakim.

The medical and sanitary officer, Signor Conti, announced that our vessel, not having submitted to

sanitary operations at Jeddali, and having some pil-

grims on board, ought to be subjected to five days' quarantine, but by orders from Cairo we were allowed

to land the next da}-.

The governor, to whom I delivered the letters of Nubar Pasha, received us with great courtesy, and lodged us in his house. Our bao's^ao'e meanwhile was landed on the shore opposite Suakim, and, by the aid

of the rcl-.U, divided, tied up and weighed for being afterwards loaded on camels. More than two hundred

and forty camels were necessary for the transport of

all our things, and several days Avere spent in collecting them.

The governor's house was so crowded that I begged him to put np a tent foi" me at an hour's distance from Suakim, and three days afterwards, in company with Mr. Anson, I took up my abode in the encampment. The country around was full of partridges and hares, and I spent all my mornings in shooting

and preparing provisions.

A few days afterwards. Kempt and Russell joined us, and seeing the impossibility of collecting speedily all the camels necessary and giving them enough to drink, it was decided that we should set out with