New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-22

endured. BIZ parsdsug shont u, ,bof., tuey have
chases before their untra eled brethren. on3 Pug
iDg marvellous tales OF the wonders tbsgL ssa-
seen.
An immense number OF these corn.seeki7s k.s
las reach A!exaucria IN the season; and su.
markets N Egg pr on both sides ol the river ,, s
visited in the same manner by emissarie. -
tribes situated IN various attitudes At 6sst siet.
accCrGiusly, il would appear that a very 49,
proportion Of Egyp produce Is drained oF
this way But when We reflect that a rnoIerste
Vessel viii carry as much as = thousand cal.eis
ana mat SiAtS OF seHVhty Euo,sH S9ipS aione
nave oeeh IN lHe uafOor W AieAauaN2 81 cha
sne' u - eNseht '"SV ',,'s SNtoi 'S''ol $ cen,
Fai"s4Nely uhlH poFtahF. however 'H' TWO pes-
81. coasts II We may use the expression ate 50
sAteIsNe, that some hundreds OF thousands Of
~uSoS must be taken oil by the Bedawins every
seaSon,
me Desert tribes are not, moreover, wholly &C.
tsueeAt lor thelF supply on what they fetch fox
themselves N ths ~asteiul and expensive man.
"sl, y 'G " 'tH"ets oil ietda origin but who bare
"otNl.el y eApe'iehTe an the energy anu adyen-
80 's' ~ peoa~les' annually make
~ - SPe}g u country Gaining at
me %" 'le Iae traces q tha
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ia -, } sl,,., ~ ~, rr5,, ~ are sap-
ft;t;bts5 rbs So ~ H., y, s.e HsseFe
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One evening We were Guessing an immense
iefel ''"SN' as "sUai IN SoN, c"Se'' tue hofi2on
aPYo"i ~ NV ~ ~" 20 Voa-
'Iao' mo IoI'nn0' - ouiy niSue AWARE
Oh ne" 0HtuiSlIoIlS' reseuio''n5 Tue long swell
OF Tue ocean, ny spiIe'lHicS seetuS, sometimes
losing sight OF distant custer OF Nils otsen mis-.
taken from Their shape Tor giant tents Ere
Quentiy 1t is true, we oehed hazy lakes dotted
with tree,trnged ISLANDS, ahead out as we ad-
vanced the lakes dried lato sand, the lsIands
dwndled INTO TUFTS OF hungry looking grass The
sun, which had blaZed so tercely all day seemed
to sink into the earth close at hand to sur FgAt
There was not cloud to reflect its slories out
one vast saffron vapor, slightly tiugedwi purple,
IKE hectic flush ON the cheek OF tever hed tho
west. Ihere was outone visible line IN the and
scape-"here the Desert ended ana the SKY De-
gan. BeIoW all soon became dlm anu shadoSy
aithouen Thousand nehoranu' nues Playe0 over
the surface out II "as sometime before the
canopy ol 'l5u' anu s9io aooHV Sooe'ee ih'9 gray
!iao oeeh "a ave VIVA GccuSl9tueg aul'
IatIoh luis "ouuei'u5 SNe"V ~ 'hteu'ty' 'nAt oI1
SaIeh, one o. our 6uiaes' coi1ec out t"lce cry va
noticed MN, that tnere some suspicious o9leGts
ahead True enough "heh we olu iooh IN uo
/ direction pointed OUT, we sa" humOer OF lahEas'
tic, illdehned shapes, that at first slowly ap-
preached, but suddenly coming to a full stop, ald
huddliue together assumed very much the aspect,
ing down TO awatour coming The word rapidly
passed round to get the firearms in ORDER FOE
Saleh. who was dreadiullv commonplace and pos.
tive in his notions, plumply declared that We
were very probably about to have an interview
with a band OF robbers. 1t Is needless to say,
that the idea was more startling than agreeable;
but had often been suggested before, sometimes
With, sometimes without, reason go, not at.
tachng much Importance to 1t, and yet not mes
glecting the necessary precautions, we continued
! Jogging on uhtll tnc WORD TO matt was evenly
| the SheiR WHO had the chlet command OF our
KAMA
W were now sufficiently near to distinguish,
| strongly renewed against the southern sky, still
! divided from the Desert by sharp rim OF light,
the forms OF anumbero OF camels and men awaiting
our approach Though not a novelty to u.s. tho
scene was suthclently exciting, and might have
been made much OF by good romance writer.
W 18th the setting OF the sun strong breeze every
! blast Of which was chlller and chlller, had begun
to blow, rustIlng with low continuous hum along
/ the Desert and shaking our Capotes with mean'
| chOy Tapping sound a few clouds had come OUT
like night birds and flew rapidly overhead The
moon had not vet risen bat the stars seemed to
drop quiyering into their places one by one before
the due time of their empire had arrived. Our
camels, checked in their persevering march, form.
ed with their huge burdens magnificent group
as they mingled their long necks or looked lazilY
round as ihdolehtly nqulslte ABOUT this sudden
halt. We renamed upon our donkeys, presenting
anything but martial appearance, as, IN a han
sceptcal Manner we fingered the locks OF our
double barrels. Two Egyptian lads who accom-.
panied US pressed close together IN dlsmay and
debated in whispers the possibility OF escaping by
a headlong flight while we were at work with the
banditti. The Bedawins, silent and thoughtful
examined the printing of their weapons, and look
ed anxously through the gloom for some sign BY
which to ascertain the character OF the strangers.
After few moments pause tall slight igare
was observed advancing towards u.s. The shek
Immediately cooked his gun, and orept forward
like wild cat 1t was the old maneuver, but
this time, as in most others superHuous a we'll
known signal announced to Saleh that he might
drive ON the camels and presently we met the
sheik comngsback with an unarmed youth. We
learned now that we had encountered corn
kafa, the drivers of which were little more
timid than usual on account OF the border war then
raging between the Harabi and the Walled Ali
our road lay exactly fhr14sh the PrncElpai Ssea'
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