New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-07

onions, (which are a great laxury in the Dssert,l
aid we sft III Motesuma at noon, on the 10th nss.
Crossing The low ridge Of red sand, at the foot Of
which The town Is built, the wind came fresh to
meet as across the long. level savanna of yellow
grass ard shrubs which stretched away 10 the west
and north. without bound. The prospect was
exhIarating. after the continual hem OF thorls,
which had lined our road from khartoum. Twas
great relief to turn the eve from the bare scorch-
ing mud walls OF the town. 10 the freshness and
freedom Of the Desert. took a last look az the
wheat-feds Of the Nile, and then turned my face
northwsrd, towards the point whore expected
TO meet hi, current again. For the first two or
thrse days the road was excellent. We trsversed
great plain, over whose rim some low chains of
mountains sometimes appeared in the distance,
to the west and northeast. The temperature was
very hot; certainly NOS less than from 1909 TO 1862
at noon.
On the second day we reached long, shall wv
,rGdy, valley, covered with tufts of grass and
cumps of stunted trees. The merchant pointed
out a grove in the distance as the location Of Biz
Aboutleer, the first well on the road. His sharp
eve discsrned company of Arabs, who were en-
self in our Turkish dresses, were preparing TO fly.
He urged his dromesary into fast trot and rode
ahead to redssure thsm. They were tall, Wild
looking people very scantily dressed; the men had
long black hair, moustaches and boards, and car
| RED spear. in their hands. They looked at us
with suspicion, but did not refuse the customary
| "hab-bab-ba.' The wells were merely pits, not
| more than four or FIVE feet Deep dug in the
| cla, ey soil, and containing at the bottom COZ
slant supply of cool, sweet water Among the
| trees in the wsdy was one resembling the nebouk
| IN foliage, and with fruit similar in appearance
| hut larger and of different flavor The Arabs
called it Ia!oom, and gathered some of the fruit
| for me to taste. Ii has thin, britde outer rind
containing hard stone, covered with layer o
gummy paste most intensely sweet and bitter in
| the mouth. 1t has precisely the flavor of the
| medicine known to children as C0xes Hive
| Syrup.
In the afternoon as we were journeymg along in
| a furious hot wind, we spied "a man a camel
trotting behind us and in halfan hour, 10 Moham-
med. the guide. The old scamp came up with
Younger brother behind him, who he had brought
without asking PERMISSION and without bringing
food for him. This made eight persons was obliged
to feed and as our bread and msat only calcu
| lated for six, pu. them on allowance. have as
vet seen nothing of the Wanted temperance of the
| Arabs. True, they will live on dates-when they
can get nothing else and they will go without wa
| ter for day-when they have none. found a
quart ofwater daily amply sufficient for my own
needs notwithstanding the great heat we endured
but do not think one Of the men drank less than
gallon in he same time and for their eating, Ach-
met saws they would finish a whole sheep before
| Getting to al hamdu lilah 1.-THE usual Arabic
| gIace after meat
On the third day we left the plain and entered
on region of black, stony ridges, with grass aud
thorns in the long hollows between them. The
sky was so clear that the moon lin her last quarter)
was visible till nearly noon. About 10 o'clock,
from one of the porphyry hills, caught sight o
| Diebel Atshan, or the Mountain of Thirst, which
| crosses the middle of the Beyooda. 10 was in
the north and northwest, apparently about thirty
mile. distant. At noon we reached another and
different region. The grass and thorns disaP-
peared and the swells of black gravel gave place
to long drifts of bright yellow sand which extended
| on all sides as far as the eye could reach We
toed on over drift after drift, but still the same
dreary yellow waste, whitening in the distance
under the glare of the sun. At first, the air was
so trenmlous with tho radiated heat that the
whole landscape glittered and wavered like the
sea- and the brain became giddy from gazing on its
unsteady lines But as the wind began to blow
more violently, this disappeared. The sky then
became ob.cured, halfway to the zenith, with a
dull purple haze, arising from the myriad' OF ine
grains of sand with which the air was filled. The
drifts were constantly forming and changfng shape
and the sand ybratcd along their edges or scudded
in swift rppes the plain, with that dry, sharp
sound one hears in winter when the North
winds masonry is going on. The air was withsr-
ing in its fierce heat and occasoned intense thirst
which, fortunately, We were able 10 rehere' Inc
storm grew more violent and the burning aoyrintns
of sand more intricate, as we advanced. Inc pain
wa. hidden under drifts FIVE or SIX feet IN hght
and tall yellow walls were creeping every minute
nearer TO cover it completely. The piles OF stones,
however. which the Arabs have made on the toP'
of the ridges and replace as often ss they are
thrown down, guided us, and after three hours ana
halfin a spot which might serve as the fourth
circle Of Dsnts's Hell, we emerged on the open
plain and saw again the M'untan OF Thirst, WHICH
had bsen hidden oil this time. The camels, which
were restlss, and uneasy in the sand, now walked
more cheerily. We all drank deeply OF the Drown,
lesthery contents of our water-skins and pushed
steadily onward till camping -time, at sunset
The men were about to pitch my tent near some
suspisiOus-lookng holes, but ! had it moved TO
clear, open space not far distant In the morn
;,g "a Acbmet was about rolling up nay H'As'r'@s .
he suddenly let it drop and rushed out Of the tent
.xclaiming: "Oh master, come ous, come out
There is great snake in your bed" looked
and true enough there was an ugly spotted rep
tile coiI.d a. in the straw mating. The ne'
heard the alarm, and my servant Ali immediately
-. 49,, 18th a cIsh. Az he was AFRAID "