The New York herald., 1872-11-06

beeves and sheep IN abundance. indigo. quantities
OF rare medicinal herbs, event to kind OF tree
drained by several OF the most important rivers in
the world; lovely Oases and almost absolute inde-
pendence. What have they done with this inherit
Among these provinces Seminar has the brightest
future. There can be produced all the marvels of
India. Already the popnation work gold INTO % the
In mats hats and house furniture Of great beauty
and durability The &c, 900 600 negroes who inhabit
the shores Of the White Nile are. however. far
superior in their workmanship to those tribes In
close contact with civilization.
THE DESERT JOURNEY.
We stayed at Fl Box q day and u half enjoying
the society OF the Napoleon family. the members OF
which were very civil in supplying us with good
Awy-Yan, situated in the mountains, one days
march nom KOkreb. Near midnight, and while we
were still under way storm came up and we lost
our way. We set fire to the patches OF dry grass
and soon an immense sheet OF flame sn0t up to the
skies, and before an hours time the caravan had
% m io wSo
attack your camp. Our guides were always on
foot, and though we offered to mount them they
refused from motives OF PRIDE Hussen who ac-
companied our advance, always had severe and
tedious journey. He supported fatigue with ex-
the sSaae at m be n bea az
down upon his bare head, and yet he rarely fell
behind our cames ON tr0t. These men are vastly
superior to the lazy fellows on the Korosko desert,
and are true children OF the desert. All the
Bicherines have q contempt for the white man,
whom they say Is ''unc0oked in his mothers bellyb
On July we entered q most beautiful country
5000 feet above the level of the sea- situated In the
bosom OF cluster OF stupendous basalt cliffs. The
was deliciousy soft and balmy From that hour
until the day before arriving at Suakin the climate
was charming At sundown on the I'd we began
to penetrate the mountains to reach the third bee
(wel) along the route. The path was rocky and
dangerous. and after q serpentine course OF an
hour, climbing with our camels into strangely out
Of the WaV positions. sought rcDOHe bed or
sharp stones situated on plateau J, 900 yards
from the well. The following day we had another
steep and dangerous ascent to make, after which
we emerged upon plain leading to the great
mountains OF K0kreb in the distance. or KOkreb
descriptions expected to lind paradise, at alone
i0r angels We were sadly disappointed. The
approach to Kokreb is over a vast plain to high
great extent OF country to soutnward. After
rains and high winds we again camped
u patch Of verdSre Where we soand
Arabs and sheep. 1t struck me that this country
would d;. be- most valuable ground wherein to carry
course OF an hour the wind blows from all points or
the compass; terrible cyclones gather up the sand
desert like an intermnable mast. To eastward
there may he rain; to westward there may be
touched by the storm--an island in the tempest
Away on the mountain tops streaks OF water CORFU
gate the skies black clouds settle like storm gods to
guard the irrigation, and the torrents swell into
streams and the streams into rivers, which in a
weeks time leave but dried water course ana
stagnant pool as relics of the Storm These noun
tains form the sources Of no rivers; the thirsty
sands swallow all before q stream can cut path
way either to the Nile or to the Red Sea.
At KOkreb we found no Arabs, nothing It is
here that the route enters narrow gorge, some
times following torrent bed sometimes piercing
thicket OF thorns, some times pushing over bare
place by the Red Sea. Passing through countries
where we saw hundreds Of horses, gazeilcs, ante
lopes and wild asses, some OF which afterwards
DurdeUe0 modest table. reached Fekka
Treek on July Q. where we again sat down to rest.
The dog, DabOose (Needle), here amused himself
by endeavOring to tear an aged Arab woman to
pieces which made some little excitement among
the Arabs who had come to visit camp. The
travelling as much as possible in the night time.
Going through this ravne isvery annoying. Thorns
tear what small fragments of clothing you may
have left after long African voyage, and your skin.
peeled by the sun, Is rent also by the shrubs. At
the end OF tho journey my whole body was burned
through my linen clothes and drawers, and am
now undergoing the charming experience OF being
''barked.n
THE WELCOME SEA.
On July the Red Sea came suddenly in view, a
narrow sheet OF silver appearing to border the
sandhills Of the coast We were happy. The santei
Berber were more exhausted, particularly the
women. The husband, with admirable seli-negation
had ridden the camel the whole 270 miles, while his
wife and daughter had walked every STEP This
eccentricity OF the Egyptian caused several little
disputes. in which the wife would strike the hus-
band. but which he always decided by mounting
and riding or We entered Suakin ut sunrise on
the llth OF July after painful voyage.
r s%uAkIN, % THE ..s SEAPORT PORT OF ,,l! THE souDAN.
ingy beautiful The town Is built upon an island,
and was a Turkish possession in the last century.
The Viceroy purchased II from the Sultan for
$l25OOO and it. is now the chief port OF the Soudan.
Its future must be great Already the wharves and
piers are loaded with cotton; telegraph runs
down to Kassaa, and the Bicherene and Haden-
dowa Arabs are settling large city on the con-
tinent. The houses, built Of coral, are lofty and
crcditable to the commerce OF the port. The heat
terrible the thermometer standing lD0 de-
grees, and sometimes running higher.
Munzinger Bey IL the Governor. with This capital
at MassOwah. This gentleman In native OF Swift
zerand and came to Africa thirty years ago as
savant and traveller. He speaks thirteen Ian
conducted the British army to Magdaa. His wife
is an Abyssinian princess OF rare beauty and
graces As | leave for Mass0wah tomorrow to
visit his Excelency shall speak OF him fully here
after. Captain Rugeby, an English electrician,
has shown us many kind attentions here. where
everyday comfort and glass Of pale aIe'' are
dom OF the city in gold box"
Suakin sustains petty commerce with Jedda
Suez and Massowah, which is reputed to be
''within quarter Of an hour Of hel:' and the
yceroy has sent here colossal engines and boilers
grainage OF cotton. few more seasons and it is
believed that all the steamers plying the Red Sea
will touch here for goods and passengers, who are
now obliged to hazard the transit TO Sucz on the
deck OF an Egyptian sarcophagus.
INFORMATION AND ADVICE GRATIS.
AS final word let me say no one should visit
the Soudan as traveller without a stout heart. d
definite purpose and rigid selfc0ntrOl. He should
be able to laugh at dangers and disappointments.
to smile under exhausting sickness and be per-
fectly easy under delays OF months or years. II he
be an hunter, better the sport In Abyssinia; II
aspiring to discover the Niles sources better fol
low Speke and Grant and leave from Zanzibar; if
willing to risk his all for the pleasure and reputa
tiOn that years of wandering in Africa will acquire
him, there Is no better land for search or contem-
plati0n. But to those who start for the Upper Nile
with vague ideas and broken blunderbuss |
would say "You will rue the day OF your depart
ure"
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