New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-24

land the country 1t waters, Oar Atoara1 eAccP'
ut its junction with the Nile, where the natives
name it El-bahr Mogran.
Two or three hours later we reached the large
town Of Da,ner, which gives its name to the point
ofland between tine two rivers. II Is quarter OF
a mile from the Shore and is collection OF mud
buildings, scattered through grove Of SAINT trees.
During the day we stopped at an island In the
river. to bay some vegetables. Two men were
guarding large patch Of ripe melons and cucum-
hers. behind Which extended fields Of douna, divi-
ded by hedges of kind of shrub cypress, all over
grown with purple convovulus in flower, and
wild gourd-vine, with bright yellow blossoms. In
wandering through the luxuriant mazes OF vegeta-
tion, came upon a dwelling Of the natTes-a nest
or arbor, scooped out Of thick clump OF SHRUBS
and covered with dry branches IL resenoied inc
o,;Ipo, or bn,sh-huts Of the Mexican rancheros.
The only furniture frame OF palm SUCKS
.eniog as diyan, and four stones arranged so as
IN form a fireplace. Both banks OF the river,
.hro,cb this region are studded with water-wheels,
whose crcaking ceases not by day nor by night.-
IL was pleasant to sec the strings OF jars ascend
ing and descending aud to hear the cool piasiiing
of line precious blood of the Nile, as 1t poured INTO
the branching veins which are the life OF that tenn
ing soil. The wheels are turned by oxen, driven
nv Dinka slaves who sing yOcfcrous melodies the
While. and the water is conveyed to fields distant
from the river in the hollow trunks Of the dom
tree.
Here, where expected to sail through wider
ness, I find a garden. Ethiopia might become, IN
other hands, the richest and most productive part
Of Africa. The people are industrious ana peace
able. and deserve better masters. Their dread OF
he Turks is extreme, and so IS their hatred.
STONED one evening at little village on the
~estern bank. The sailors were sent to the
houses to procure fowls and eggs, and after long
inc two men appeared, bringing, as they sad, the
ONLY chicken in the place. They came up slowly,
STOPPED and touched the ground, and then lad
their hands on their heads, sgnifying that they
were ms dust before our feet Achmct paid them
the thirty paras they demanded, and when they
saw that the supposed Turks had no disposition to
cheat them, they went back and brought more
fowls. Travellers who go by the land route give
the people an excellent character for hospitality.
I have been informed that it Is almost impossible
to buy anything, even when double the value oil
the article is rendered. but by asking for 1t as
favor, they will cheerfuly give whatever they have
On the third day saw the first hippopotamus.
The men discerncd him about n quarter OF mile
off, as he came up to breathe, and called my atten-
ton to him. Our vessel was run toward him, and
the sailors shouted to draw his attention How
il your wife, old boy !" "Is your son married
vet I" and other like ordinations. They IN
sisted upon it that his curiosity would be excited
by this means and lac would allow US to approach.
saw him at last within hundred yards, but only
the enormous head which was more than three
feet in breadth across the He raised it with
tremendous snort, opening his huge mouth at
the same time, and more frightfu-looking mon
ster never saw. lie came up in wake, after
we had passed, and followed us for some time.
Directly afteward we spied FIVE crocodes on
sand-bank. One of them was of grayish-yellow
color, and upward of twenty feet in length. We
approached quietly to within Il few yards of them,
when my men raised their poles and shouted. The
beasts started from their sleep and dashed quickly
into the water the big yellow one striking so vo-
lcntly against our huli that | am sure he went off
with Il headache.
On the third morning, at sunrise, we reached
Bcdjerowiyeh, the village nearest the ruins of Me-
roe. Accompanied by Achmet the RUS and two
sailors, | set out on foot toward range of noun
tains, about five miles distant. Our path led over
plain covered with thony shrubs at first, but ai-
terward hard black gravel, and We had not gone
more than mile before the rails pointed out the
pyramids of the ancient Ethiopian city. knew
it only by name. and had never read any descrp-
tion Of it's remains consequently was surprised
10 see before me- in the yapory morning air, what
appeared to be the ruins of pylT and porticos as
giand and lofty as those OF kamak. Rising be-
tween us and the mountains, they had an imposing
effect and approached them with excited antici-
nations. As we advanced, however, found that
they derived much of their apparent hight from the
hill upon which they are built, and that instead of
being the shattered parts of one immense temple,
they were group OF separate pyramids, standing
amid the ruins of others which have been COM
pletcly destroyed
We reached them after walk of about four
miles. They stand upon narrow, crescent shaped
HILL which rises forty or fifty feet from the plain,
presenting its convex front to the Nile, while to-
ward the east its hollow curve embraces small
valley lying between il and the mountain range.
Its ridge is crowned with long liue of pyramids,
standing so close to each other that their bases
almost meet, but presenting no regular plan or
.ociation, except in the direction of their faces.
None OF them retains its apex, and they are all
more or less ramed, though two perfect to
within few courses of the top. climbed one OF
the highest, from which could overlook the whole
group, as we'll as another cluster, which crowned
the summit OF low ridge at the foot of the noun
tains opposite. OF those among which stood,
there were sixteen, in different degrees Of ruin, be-
sides the shapeless stone-heaps of many more.
how ,llb f,,e rod
courses of masonry, the spaces OF which are not
6lcl eNccni I'll Inc Which coNar.,I