New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-03

| tend, see the d6m-,rees' cried Eyoub.
! Looked again: they pee dom palms, and so
broad and green that they must certainly stand
near water Soon we descended into hollo"
in the plain, looking down which | saw TO me
south q thick grove of trees and over 'he'r tops
| the shining surface OF the Nile. Ali, ca'iei
10 nv endorsement, look at that great bahT
shartanr The son of the Nile, VINO had never
before. in all his life. been more than day out
of sight of its current was almost beside MN
SELF with loy "WaIlah, master" he cried
"tbat is no river of the Devil: it is the real
Nile-the water of Paradise" 1t did my heart
good to see his extravagant delight III you
were to give me five piastres, master SAID ne
al would not drink the bitter water oil MurI-ha'
The guide made me sautation IN his dry way
and the two Nubjans greeted me with ~ great
welcome n Won. O. Efendi" With every step
the valley unfolded before me such rich deeps OF
f,n.,ike foliage, such glory in the green of the
beans and Iupins such radiance beyond descrip-
ton in the dance of the sunbeams on the water
The landscape was balm to my burning eyes,
and the mere sight of the glorious green heroage
was sensuous delight, in which Estill revel and
riot.
Achme. and began to feel thirst, so we hur.
red ON IN advance, to the mud hamlet OF Abou-
Hammed We dsmounted on the bank OF the
river, where we were received by black Bish-
aree, who is officiating in place OF the Governor,
and invited US to take possession OF the latter's
house. We gave him large wooden bowl and
told him to fix it from the Nile. | shall never
forget the luxury of that long deep draft MY
body absorbed the water as rapidly as the hot
sand of the Desert, and drank at least quart
without feeling satisfied. preferred my tent to
the Governors house, and had it pitched where
could look out on the river and the palms.
Hammed is miserable village, inhabited
by a few hundred Ababdehs and Bisharees. The
desert here extends to the waters edge, while
the opposite banks are green as emerald. There
is large mud fortress, with round bastions at
the corners, west of the village. 1t formerly
belonged to an Ababdeh Shekh, but is deserted
at present.
This afternoon l crossed to the island of
Mokrat, which lies opposite. The vessel was
sort of a canoe made of pieces of the dom.
palm, tied together with ropes and plastered
with mud. My oarsmen were two boys of fif-
teen, half-naked blacks with long, wild hair,
yet very strong and symmetrical limbs and hand
some features. | landed IN the shade of the
palms, and walked for half an hour along the
shore, through patches of dourra and cotton,
watered by the creaking mills. The whole
island, which is upward of twenty miles long,
is level and might be made productive but the
natives only cultivate a narrow strip along the
water The trees are dom and date palm and
acacia, and saw in the distance others of a
rich, dark green, which appeared to be syca-
more. The hippopotamus is found here, and the
boatmen showed me the enormous tracks OF
three, which had made havoc among their beam
patches the day before. As was returning to
the boat met three natives tall, strong, stately
men. | greeted them with "Peace be with
you :" and they answered Peace be with you,"
at the same time offering their hands. We talked
for some time in broken Arabic, and have rarely
seen such goodwill expressed in savage fea-
lures In fact, all the faces see here, are of a
superior stamp to that of the Egyptians. They
express not only more strength and independ-
ence, but more kindness and gentleness.
1t is now night. The moon is shining
clearly, and the river murmuring below, under
q cool breeze We leave tomorrow for Berber,
distant five days journey, but our road follows
the course of the Nile BIT.