New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-18

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sures thus made, numbers Of htde s~aliows A.
starlings have built their meats, where they ~
peeping out through the sculpture Of gods. Ihs
columns and doorwsys are covered with hsursss
now greatly blurred. though still legible. ~
ticed new style Of joining the portrait Of noa-
arch with his csrtouche, the latter representing
his body, out Of which his head and arms issued,
Ike the crest Of coat OF arms. The columns
represent the stalks Of eight wster-plants boaad
together, with a capital, or rather prolonged
sbacus, like the Osiride column. They are 30 Sst
in hight, without the pedestal, and feetia diam
etcr. This is the sum Of my obserstioasn he
rest belongs to the antiquarian.
Before night, we passed third akabs, to gs<
around the limestone ridg,, and at sunset sgaia
saw the palns--but this time the renowned palms
OF Oar Sakkot, for we bad crossed the border
Oar El-Mahsss. They lined the river in thick
grove OF stems, with crowns Of leafy luxurianes.
The village Of Noolwee, scattered for half mas
in their shade, was better built than any saw n
Dongola. Achnet, Ali and myself bought abost
50 pisstres' worth of the celebrated dates. They
were the largest and best favored ever saw, and
arc said to preserve their quality Tor years. rhex
are sold at piastrs for An earthen measure ooa-
tanning about two hundred. When gathered, they
are first slightly dried in the large magazines. and
then buried in the earth, The population Of Sak-
k6t subsists apparently on the profits Of selling
them for little else is cultivated along the river.
Even here, nevertheless, where the people are bet
ter able to bear the grinding rale Of Egypt, one
meets with deserted fields and ruined dwellings.
The King of El-Mahass informed me, when 10
Khartoum, that his people were obliged to pay
eco piastres $500 tax on each water-mill, beisg
just double the lawful amount, (which, alone. u
very oppressiye,) and that his country was fast
becoming dspopulated, in consequence.
On the following day passed the large island
of Sal. The country here is more open and the
Nile has less vexed course. The mountains, ss-
pecialy the lofty blue mass of Debel Abyr, have
not the forced and violent forms common to the
porphyry formation. Their outlines are long,
sloping, and with that slight but exquisite undu-
lation which so charmed me in the hills Of Area
dis, in Greece, and IN Monte ALBANIA near Rome.
From the northern end of Sal, the river gradually
curves to the east. The western shore is CON-
petely invaded by the sands, and the road takes Q
wide sweep inland to avoid the loose, sliding drifts
piled up along the bank. We had not gone far
before we found drift Of brilliant yellow sand %
feet high and 200 yards in length, lying exactly
across our road. 1t had ey IDENTIFY been formed
within few days. IL was almost precisely eros
cent shaped, and could not account for tho ae-
ton of the wind in building such mound on a.
open plain, which elsewhere was entirely fres
from sand. We rounded it and soon sfterward
entered on a region of sand, where to the west
and north the rolling yellow waves extended to the
horizon, unbroken by speck Of any other color.
Ii was boundless, fathomless sea of sand to the
eve, which could scarcely bear the radiated light
playing over its hot surface. The day lior woa-
der) was somewhat overcast and as tho shadows
Of small clouds followed one another rapidly over
the glarng pillows, they seemed TO heave and
roll like those of the sea. was forced to turn
away my head faint and giddy with the sight.
NV camels tugged slowly through this region, an6
by night succeeded in reaching wild spot by the
river, where for the first time in three days, they
found sufficient grass. My wen regaled them
selves with the headquarters Of hyena, which
they roasted in the Goals and devoured with much
relish. had curiosity enough to eat a small piece.
which was eIl.fayored though tough.
on the sixth day after leaving Dongola passed
.brouyh sukkot. and reached the commencement
ofR,n III. Hndar-The Belly of Stone-as tia
..v.ye maintain country for a hundred milss south
the sscond Cataract is termed. viii sachdy
the road became more rough and toilsome, and ny
camels moved more languidly. Ia spite Of the f.
ti,ue which we all endured, | felt 30 much
strengthened by our free Ii e and so much inter.
..t,d in the remarkable country through which
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a.. .ou,hero I;m, If t,.,sI M, A..
a.. a., TT A.. 49,, s,aron.n .,d ..,v,n, a.
oo,,,d n.t enough THANH God and the Proobs. for
s.. .;nr ,.L.n ,b,m !. safety tbrough countries
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