The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-08
CENTRAL AFRICA.
Travels Up the Nile and Across
the Nubian Desert.
DAHABEAH AND CAMEL TRAVEL COMPARED.
Race on the Nile Between the Herald,
Snowflake and Griffin.
AT THE FIRST CATARACT.
Narrow Escape from Drowning Of General
Starring and Herald Correspondent.
RECEPTION AT KOROSKO.
The Caravan, Attendants, Supplies and
Route Of Travel Through
the Desert.
DREARY DESERT SCENERY.
A Pathway Paved with the
Bones Of Ten Thousand
Perished Camels.
THE MIRAGE, SANDSPOUTS AND SINO0MS
The Commerce, Slave Trade and Ele-
plant Shooting Of the SOudan.
TRIAL AND SUFFERINGS OF DESERT TRAVEL.
Receptions Escorts and Popular DemOnstra.
THE MIRAGE, SANDSPOUTs AND SIMOOMS
The Commerce, Slave Trade and Ele-
plant Shooting Of the SOudan.
TRIAL AND SUFFERINGS OF DESERT TRAVEL.
Receptions, Escorts and Popular DemOnstra-
tons by the Fellahs and BedOuins.
FUTURE OF CENTRAL AFRICA.

BERBEI Nubian Desert Jan. 81, 1872.
On the 18th inst. we disembarked from the Nile
boat Herald and prepared to set out from KOrosko
to cross the Nubian Desert Our cames were scat
tered along the bank OF the Nile, and the entire
population Of Korosko seemed concerned in our
advent and departure. Governor Mohamet, as we
called him, and Mahomet as ne called himself rep
resented the viceroy, the Governor OF Esoe and
hlmself-the last monopolizing more than an
even third of the trinity. Packing the train was
process about which we all ardently professed an
ignorance, so we deity turned the business over to
the nineteen Nubian blacks whom the vlceroy's
subordinates had selected to do the minor parts.
Nearly three weeks on board the Herald had
gendered an involuntary reluctance to quit her
beautiful cabins and charming decks only to wade
through the scorching sands OF the hottest OF Afr
can deserts. Below we had smoked our long
''chibooks,' discussed over and again the en-
tire range Of African travel, entertained aged
Sheyks and tiresome projects coffee
and Koranie, and had in our humble way
communicated with those engaged in the
vulgar art of industry. From our dlvans
on deck we had seen all that was
once grand and imposing in Egypt's greatness-her
ruins, her green fields and her swift river. We
had succored natives at the point OF DEATH and just
above the first cataract had, by happy accident,
discovered slave who suffering from hunger,
and wound in the foot received from spear
when he was captured in the Soudan. He was re-
duced to meatess bones, almost to dsembodied
soul. A poutice, and
THE MOST POTENT OF MEDICINES
for these poor savages-food-'were administered.
Upon being given cigar he proceeded to eat it.
Such combination Of ignorance, misery and i'm
bccility we had not met since leaving Cairo. A
floating corpse, near Assonan, and the imminent
danger of reducing two Of our party to the same
watery rigidity, illustrated at once
THE LOST AND THE SAVED.
or the lost can say no more than that the body
was that OF black, OF whose death even coroners
urics were prontless tribunals or the saved, they
were General Starring and your correspondent.
We stripped. and just above the first cataract dove
into the deliciousy cool Nile. The current was
runnink i've miles an hour and in endeavoring
to catch the boat towing astern we missed the
object, and were borne down toward the
cataract despite our cndeavors to stem the
tide. We hailed the Heralds boat but the
Arabs, mutely waiting for US to drown.
so that "thc dahabcahn could sail on, paid no
attention to our hail. We pitched a key higher
and shouted an octave louder, when the imbeciles
gave us an encouraging look, but again reapsed
into their cool indifference. Finally Hassan, the
Consular Janesary, who became famous by arrest
ing John Surratt in Alexandria, appeared on deck,
and soon after the boat was cast loose, and after
nearly half an hours struggling against the cur
rent, yet constantly drifting toward the ledge OF
the cataract we narrowly escaped death by eXhaus-
ton or from the dangers below. Personally, the
feeling that the crocodile had not yet taken LUNCH
made me feel q little nxious about my long pre-
sencc in the water. This incident more serious
shan have made it, only serves to illustrate how
little one can depend upon the Arabs in danger.
Reckless OF their own lives lazy by nature suscept
ible alone to that unhoy sentiment engendered by
the dollar they will not the street to allie vate
pain or cxpend small exertion 10 save fellow
being. mans only weapon Is his nerve, and his
compensation, II he survives q critical emergency
the ordinary forms Of corporal Indignation From
the Island Phiae we had
PLEASANT RACE
TO within few miles Of Korosko, distance OF
about sixty milesr At two O'Clock on the afternoon
OF the 1lth Just tho Tropic OF Cancer, we found
two English "dahabeahs" the Griffin and the
Snowflake lying to, waiting for us TO come up
We all started on the line OF the Tropc Of Cancer
GO deg, 30 min. NJ, the Herald to leeward, the
Snowflake on our weather beam, with the Griffin
TO windward, the trio being under full sail. Our
captain received orders to distance our competi-
tors commands which he did not obey; for the low,
sharp iron hull OF the Grimm had been built for
speed BY Broadway Bey, OF Cairo, while the Herald
was designed as the floating parlor OF N. de Les
seps. The Griffin shot ahead and easily maintained
the lead, while It was close struggle between the
Snowflake and the Herald. One hour the Herald
was ahead length; the next the Herald was
astcrr a length, aud SO 1t continued on for three
days. until We
MooRED BIZ THE xrD HUTs OF KoRosKo.
many hours before tho arrival Of the Snowflake.
The race was in no sense an exhibition Of the fine
art Of seamanshlp and, 90 between the Herald
and tie Snowflake, was only contest between the
holmsmen and the captains. Racing on the Nile
could b made very exciting and interesting pas
lAme Nit were properly patronized and the build