ABOU SEXOUX. 297 and rode the thirty miles in four hours and a half. From Inmeh we could see in the distance the curious Gebel Abou Senoun, so called from its supposed resemblance to a tooth. I give a sketch of it as it appeared to us from this place, its sharp outlines being distinctly visible through the haze caused by the blazing sunlight upon the unbroken sandy plain.

GEBEL ABOU SENOrX.

From a distance, Obeid looks most charming ; on all sides it is surrounded by trees, from which a minaret and the roofs of houses peeped. It is so hidden behind trees, that it is only when actually in the place that one can realise that it contains about 35,000 inhabitants, and that the houses are nearly