New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-09

lsioi. and TIE large tow, Of BeiJem, capital Of
he. B,dluds country, lies just opposite Abou
IIsshym Afrer leaving the latter place, onr r,a
swerved stili more fron the Nile. and TOOK
s'raight course over a rolling desert track o.
STOKES and thoIns, to avoid very losg curve o.
II stream
l sgnslized New-Year's Day BY breaking my
thermometer, which fell out OF my pocket as
was mounting my dromedary. Il is Impossible
20 replace II, and one point wherein NV tourney
might lie useful il thus lost. The variations Of
temperature at diileren, houfs of the day are
here much greater than IN ouT variable American
climate and on leaving Korosko had commenced
record which | intended to keep during the
whole of my stay in Central Africa. 10 the
evening found in The Nile fish about four feet
long, which had Iust been killed by crocodile
1t was lying near the waters edge and as de-
scended the bank to examine it, t@o slender
black serpents slid away from bs!orc my feet.
Yesterday morning we struck the tent early
and entered on the dkaba, or pass OF the hadi-
sLLomar. valley Of Asses) IL Is barren,
stony tract, inieTsected with long holows, which
produce growth of thorns and hard. dry grass,
the blades Of which cut the fingers that attempt
to pluck it. We passed two short ranges OF low
hills which showed the same strata OF coal-biack
shade, as in the Nuban Desert. The akaba takes
its name from the numbers of wild asses which
are found In it. These beasts are remarkably
shy and fleet, but are sometimes killed and eaten
by the Arabs. We kept sharp lookout, but saw
nothing more than their tracks IN the sand. We
met several companies of the village Arabs, trav'
cling on foot or on donkeys. The women were
unveiled, and wore the same cotton mantel as
the men, reaching from the waist to the knees.
They were all tolerably old, and, unlike the men,
were excessively ugly. An Ababdeh, riding on
his dromedary, Joined company with us. He was
naked to the loius, strongly and gracefully built,
and sat erect on his high, narrow saddle, as If
he and his animal were one-a sort OF camel
centaur His hair was profuse and bushy, but OF
a fine, silky texture, and " short Numdian curl
very different from the crisp wool OF the genuine
negro.
In the afternoon we reached the Nile again. at
his Eleventh Cataract. For space OF two or
three niles his bed is filled with masses of black
rock, in some places forming dams, over which
the current roars in its swift descent. The east
ern bank is desert and uninhabited, but the west
ern delighted the eye with the green brillance OF
its fields. In patch of desert grass we started
a large and beautiful gazelle spotted like ial
low. deer. | rode toward it and approached with
IN thirty yards before 1t moved away. Atsunset
we reached village called Ginnaynetoo, the
commencement of the Berber country. The in.
tiv for IF ma m
mating, were very friendly AS was lying in
my tent, in the evening, two, who appeared 10
be the principal persons OF the place, came In
saluted me with Peace be with you F" and
asked for my health, to which replied: Every
good, Allah be praised" Each Of them then
took my hand in both his, pressed 1t to his lips
and forehead, and quietly retired
This morning we commenced our march
through a dry, rolling country, grown with
horns, acacias in flower, and occasional dom
trees Beyond the Nile, whose current was no
longer to be SEEN stretched the long mountiln OF
Berber, which we first disceined yesterday, when
crossing the rise of the Wady elhomar. The
opposite bank was a sea of vivid stcon 90 far es
the eye could reach. Near the water the bean
and lupin hourished in thick clusters; behind
extended fields Of cotton, of rich, dark foliage
aud still beyond, tall ranks of dourra, heavy with
ripening heads Island like groups of date trees
aud dom. palms studded this rich bed of vegeta-
ton, and the long, blue slope of the mountain
gave GROWING charm to the landscape. AS
we approached this place, the villages on our
| right became more frequent, but our path still
la, over the dry plain, sbimmering with the lakes
IL. Of ~.
wanted to stop at village called FL khassa,
which we reached at 2 O'Clock. Ell Mekheyref,
be said, was far ahead, and we could not ge'
there; he would give US sheep for our dinner
the Efendi must prove his hospitality (but all at
the Effends expense,) and many other weighty
reasons but it would not do. pushed on ahead
aud in two hours saw before me the mud fortress
of FL Mekbeyref pointed this out to the guide
and came men, and reproached them for their
lalsehoOd, but they answered not word This
want of truth is the beselting sin of all the Arabs
have yet seen.
We entered the town, which is larger, cleaner
and handsomer than any place Ihave seen SINCE
leaving Stout Arnaout soldiers were mixed
with the Arabs in the streets, and we met
harem of Cairene- ladies taking walk, under
the escort of two eunuchs. One of them stopped
and greeted u.s. and her large black eyes sparkled
between the folds of her veil as she exclaimed,
in great apparent delight "Ah, know you
came from Cairo" Ipassed through the streets,
found good place for my tent on the high bank
above the water and by an hour before sunset
was comfortably enesmped. After dinner we
heard great sound of drums and singing, with
repeated discharges of mssketry. The people
told us that the marriage of former Vice-Gov-