St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-06-05
Chamber's Journal.
-uIGHEY HUNTERS.

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and the graudcst and most beautiful
creatures OF the brute creation. has found
no abler opponent tlan sir Samuel Baker.
The Itbct y N.yH>0, with lis record of
/ wonderful achievement and disco, cry.
J., III certain respects, one Of the most
/ painful and sad Of books The narra-
tive now given 10y Sir Samuel Baker
OF his adventures and exploits in their
earlier STAGES, i as interesting in all re
/ -pectS, and without the rcpul>ivc clc-
nrnt which made itself felt in his account
/ OF the negro tribes ON the White Mic. in
/ whose horrible condition the rNlrcnc OF
human suffering and The uttcrmust depths
OF human degradation are combined. In
/ his following up oi the Hillucni> OF AlyS-
>nla, OF the AtbarI and the Blue Nile.
/ there Is Il constant revelation OF the h.au-
titui and wonderful tro;t,urc, spread IN
/ the wilderness ly Nature, apparently
/ tor the delight of the brute creation.
| there 80 grand and beautiful itsrlt. And
/ when to the narrative of exploration
succeeds that OF sporting adventure, men
are seen, II not i'll the exercise of high
functions, ut least i'll the display OF Il
! physical prowe>S and courage almost be-
| yUnd belief; courage which evcn the
tatalism of the Arabs fails to explain
| The magical charm of the desert. strong
enough TO conquer every hardship, 10
prevail over every fear, to Danish wcari-
ness, and buckler men against suffering,
is strangely brought out and realized in
| this narrative.
The boat.journey terminated, the adj
vcnturer and his party passed through
the awful wastes OF the \ubian Desert
by forced marches, for the parchin@ heat
OF the simoom WIS rapidly evaporatimg
the water from the skins, and the track
waS two hundred and thirty miles in
length, by which they had to thread
their way TO Abou IIammel. on the
southern bend of the welcome Nile.
| halfway across, at Moorahd Cor BIT
ter-well'), there Is a pool of salt and Bit
Ter water. ut winch the furnished c;lmci~
| drink. soon comes the last look at the
| Nile, and when Ruroslo i, passed by a
lew hours. this Is the scene 'Giuwir.
| IKE Il furnace, the vast extent of yellow
sand stretched TO the horizon. Row Of
broken hills, all OF volcanic origin. brohr
,he Hat plain. Conic;, lumuli OF Vol
CAME >lag here and there rose 10 the
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I''.'.''i -.,,,,''. ~ lt,-,.s :.I.r,,i,,;
IN fine shade under the wat,r-,!,lu~. l37
degree, in the sun. Noi-cl,,-ly the >pon-
~ tread ot the camel, ,r,pt a.nuo rir
.:nJ-,La oplv ,ound WA, the r,trl. o;
some loosely secured baou,ac Of ,b.,r
nark..~
Tins t,r seven dav. by tin. dead L.y.,
,l,in nt o,..,no,-.nInr,I .u,,I b,rnIcI
~. pyramidad Hills. and orr,wn with vol
.:nic bomb-,hcli. - rertrcl!y ,har,d
=. tLuuob rature had 81 h,r-rltt, Iuru
ont models to Teach men the art of IT,
.tru.iion by rocks GLOWING with heat.
J,rnnrh y,.i.s wbrra no trace ot ,,.,..-
,o,;o,, ,,.o. tn mo f.uuI \. ,h.v ;..,.-
,.,...a ~, L..,..,. ,r.,v. IN, d..'Ii,i,,
Ella. .,'.. ,.,,iI r..,,., ,,...,. ,,..,,,.
l.. s,'r,,;. -., .,.o,, c,,iJ1.o,.,,,
n,,,.. in ,h,. Inr,iun n,,,,. Inn, -, dr,,
of water. il npneared =. thouch = ,uj
Len cursr head turned 4 rooino S,.a +,
STONE The .imoom blew over thi. hor.
r rhl. wiIdcruc,. and dritted the hot san,
into the crevice, Of the rocks. and tn,
r;,neIs drooped their heads before tn,
.Itinc,tinr wind. and sill the carava,
,rent noi.elesslv on" So tbrouoh tb,
Q ,.ar,,I b..,t of d,v and tbe delic;ou
cnnIna.s nt fine ni1ht. TO AIoornbd :
,n,nr,,fnI .not we'll known IN the t;r,.,
,rJ ,I,;r,,v camel the hone of re,rhin,
r,.,;ol, L.: ur,,od him ON h;s ,ve.,,,. ,,,,,
:. 80 dr;rl ono dron bof,re bo d;a. Th,,
Jnsrr;ption Of this place is like that O
thc failed burial place of the clcphant
IN CcvIon. The well is in an extinc
crater. surrounded on all sides but ON
- h,, nroc;n;t,us cliffs three hundred fe,
high The bottom is dead fiat. an
firm. , valley of sand two hundred an
nltN NitIuS Nluc. III tll- DOsOi Ol
crater where once fire RACED. water !
touud six feot from the surface water +
which the camels rush frarticlv. +
,L;nE of tbc nrociousness of ,be camel +
mnn in this dreadful place TO conten
nI,to tho cre,ture,s not;opt toll and ,
ed read the following is very pititul ..Th
valley was = valley of .Jrv homes II
,,,,,,,or.,II, .LoI,,nno of cnr,oI. lew IN -
- J;r.c,;nns. the .h;ns of ,be desert III,
stranded ON tbeir vovaoe, Witbere