The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-08


the domestcs who is always sick after reaching Q
Town where they sell aracki. / tried TO play the
pniianthropist on this evening by condollng with
s wRHTCHED LOOKING PRISONER
nor OF Loot II appears that the convict had been
professional proseyte, and that he had changed
that the authorities, regarding him as a bad ex.
emplar q loyalty, concluded to let him drive his
trade lev WIN tne missionaries Of Ethiopia. He was
30 weak IN mlnd and body that his story was a
random tale, 80 gave him q plttance. when he
MS my lees ana went away The Soudan is also
THE SIXTH DAY OFT
we left the plateau OF Moorad and deflled through
morning was terribly sultry and onnressive and
drew from the Consul General the Exclamation ~
would not return BY this route for $4,000 a mile p
We had all by this time become quite accustomed
to our saddles, though not to the sun, pho
tographer would have carried away the pictures OF
four scaling Americans, unsightly even among the
desert savages. We had, however, learned several
useful lessons-one not to grease on the skin in
the face OF further exposure and second, not to
travel by day time when you can just as well per
form the march by night. DO not overload your
camels; DO not cramp your personal baggage and
imagine that you can afford to throw away all the
comforts; and do not travel, as did, without at
least flask full OF brandy to freshen you after
travellers describe how certain things are indis-
pensable for this trip but the truth Is everything is
required which one needs in making an ordinary
Journey You must not be too primitive on the one
hand or too luxurious on the other.
We had no use for our guns whatever until after
reaching Aboo Hammed. All the birds were con-
fined to vultures and crows, and the beasts to I'M
seen hyenas and jackals. AS we jOurneyed on we
invited the guide to summon
THE "AFREET'
from his dungeon in the mountain where, as le
gend says, he Is won't to make hldeous rattles on
the drum by night, to intimidate passers. The
Arabs believe in MIN and his puissance. 1t is prob
able that some Ababdah CagliOstrO Is imposing
on the native creduity We left him alone in his
glory
on the morning of the 21st we passed over
sandy plain, and observed the incipient vegetation
arising from slight rainfall The sands were
green far as the eye could reach with grass two
inches high. This may be taken an evidence
that the soil only needs irrigation to become fruit
full and profitable.
While hating during the heat OF the day under
big tree to wait for cooler hours,
GROUP OF DROMEDARY RIDERS
appeared, dsmounted, ana the Chief appeared to
be Achmed Hasseen, son OF the Governor of Berber
ana Shek OF the Ababdahs He had brought us
watermel0ns from Aboo-Hammed, and talked to us
OF his tribe and people, 1t appears that the eXEm-
press Eugene treated him with great distinction
at Assouan during her visit up the Nile He ex-
hibited double-barrelled pistol presented to HIM
by her ex-Majesty. It was powerful, though awk-
ward d weapon, made by Samson, London"
"What do you know Of Baker 2'' asked
'He is up the White River"
GLOW far from Khartoum ?"
''Thirty days."
'Can go up there with facility ?"
'Formery the Governor General would permit
no one to go but he will allow you to go now"
In asking other questions found the same melan-
choly indifference to
THE SOURCES OF THE NILE
as exists among all the natives. Achmed Hasseen,
his brother MahOmet HasSeen Calipha, Sheik OF
all the Ababdahs and the Governor of Berber, off,
Gals representing the most powerful aggregated in
Grant, and, as to knowing about their discoveries,
they have less knowledge than the North American
Indian; Though no one can otherwise than admire
Grant, it cannot be said that they are original
possessors Of the secret OF the sources Of the White
Nile. Arab traders knew it long before them, and
the very ivory which the reader Of the HERALD
finds upon his breakfast knives as he reads this
Issue probably came from the buried n tusks pre-;
buried for years by the shores OF the Nyanzas.
Instead of digging for the lost treasures Of Captain
sar, 1t would be much more profitable to the daring
capitalist to mine for ivory among the negro tribes
Of Ethiopia.
After leaving our good friend Achmed we met
KAssALI, THE GREEK MERCHANT,
who came with his caravans from Khartoum, bear
Ing his mental and personal slaves, male and fe-
male. Kassali speaks English excelently, and has
been great traveller. He has been in every land,
and speaks most all living languages He said that
he had been to GOndOkoro in 1858, and had been
stricken with the fever while there; otherwise he
had experienced good health at Khartoum. He
his face was so wrapped up that all could perceive
were two small black eyes and three-quarters of
smile.
CARAVAN AFTER CARAVAN
passed us on our eighth march, and was curious
enough to count the tusks of one, and they
amounted to $50. l estimate that over $4,000, 900
worth of ivory goes over the Nuban Desert an
nually, and in years afterward is dispersed into
the homes Of civilized people of every land. To
secure the raw material Is science of which
shall treat in another letter, and shall here con-
amon Of Is In ts
traveller to Stay an elephant ON the march we
passed
THE SIGNAL STONES,
which are set up on the mountain tops and along the
route to mark the pathway when it Is drifted over
by sand we passed several drSves Of cattle with
amazed to find cows that look healthy and go four
days without water On that evening we were
happy, for on the morrow we were to see the Nile
once more. l strayed out that evening to essay
the special artist" but failing in the aesthetic &C.
complishment l wandered about in search OF
water. Eight days had drawn all the nOxious mat
ter from the leathern water pouches, and the solu
ton was like decoction of warm water distilled
through Chatham street boot. l laid down to
read "Speke's Journal OF the Discovery Of the Nile"
and when came to bright wOodcut representing
the ripping Nile gushing out among the rocks at
RipOn falls felt genuine sensation of thirst on the
desert for the first time We had tented that night
by Gebel Mokrat, about twenty miles from Aboo-
Hammed, and the next morning started at day
break for the Nile. The heat became so overpower-
ing 600 degrees in the shaded at noon that we were
obliged to draw under the shade OF our tent, and
THE sHEyK MAHoMET HAsSEEN,
the understanding African l have ever seen ap-
welcome US. He had a splendid black Arab horse
and his suite was mounted on drOmedaries. He
stood six feet two inches high, weighed over two
hundred and fifty pounds and had beardless face,
clear eye and dignifed bearing He was dressed in
long flowing rooe of white ladys cloth, girded at
the waist; turban and Turkish boots completed his
costume We struck our camp and proceeded In state
to Aboo- Hammed, the Sheyk riding on our flank and
his warriors leading us with spears, bucklers and
bold mein, which defled even the intensity of the
whitening sun. We rode on for an hour, and it was
singular to note the perfect time kept by the camel
cavalry but this was the only military feature of
the squad, for no two men were uniformed alike. In
fine, diversity of dress seemed the effort Presently
the doom palms flashed above the horizon,
And Aboo- Hammed's distant view
Danced DER the mirage seas
As on the Ababdah warriors flew
Before the burning breeze.
IN SOUDAN.
We defllcd through the crowd OF curious natives
and were speedily shown into the Governors
apartment and seated on q divan when we were