330 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN beautiful vision this time did not vanish. Our last meal in the desert was a right joyful one, and then Mr. Wilson and I parted for the first time for many months, he remaining with the caravan, while I rode on to Suakim, the minutes seeming hours till I arrived. My camel, in spite of my endeavours, would not keep pace with my impatience; but at last the houses of Suakim came into view, the town gleaming like a pearl in the blazing sun. The sea breeze seemed to give me new life and energy, and at length I stood once more on the shores of the ocean to which at the same spot I had said farewell. The anxieties, toils, sufi'erings which I had undergone since that day, the many miles I had marched, the many dangers I had escaped, need be no longer remembered except to increase my gratitude to the God who had been my Guide and Deliverer. The words of the Psalmist I may well use as my own : " They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men ! "