2()G UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

is given mixed with water and grain, and is beneficial during and after the " harif."

A good baggage camel will carry 5 or 6 cwts.

for ten hours a day, at a rate of two miles and a half an hour, but there is great difference in their powers of endurance. A camel with a large fleshy hump should, if possible, be chosen, as that is a sure sign that he is in good condition. The fat hump of a camel is its reserve of force, and it is always well to start with as much strength as possible. The loading of the camels should never be interfered with, as the camel-drivers understand the business far better than a European novice ; but it is well to see that the ropes and pegs are good and not rotten. Many of these details may appear too trivial points to be noticed, but attention to such apparently slight matters has much to do with lessening discomforts, which are always present in sufficient number to try the patience of any ordinary mortal during a long journey in the desert.

Dara is the second town in Darfour. Fascher is the capital of the province, but it was out of our way, and the road was made rather unsafe by Haroun, who had long defied Egyptian authority from his stronghold in Gebel Marah, and we did not go there. Haroun has since been killed ; I learnt this in January 1881. The Eizegat Arabs to the south-east of Dara are very quarrelsome, and are constantly giving great trouble to the government by their