The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-09

ere frequent and We are constantly plungins into no
sand almost up 70 me neck We are ocnsansy CON- ,r
covering for The feet possible the desert Wsnow begin
70 take turns Watching each taking two hours be-
TO specially observe tho brambles thrust apart
and in they should be forward TO re upon
see spD With ii sSs IL order
the better 70 surprise tho camps At night an expedi
emit Of tho forest sayoring Of Macbeth The bran Of
tho desert replace the wood OF Bjrnam. reentered
the tont afer my vigil Nothing had budged Not .
sound save the whIssliny or the wind among the
branches Of the h which s9 =, .s me with
surrssr11rors oanxL DRIvEns
The 22d being Wednesday Ali comes and an
Is TO setting out again. "Wednesday Is an unlucky
day" says the old guide RotaIR The Souafa are most
urocisEr tho old pTovsrS msks haste slowly As
for themselves they hasten at all So come 80
60, in cha Allah" las pleases Godl was a. hrss
Friday which, in El-0ued. the capital OF the Souf
as with US, was hold to bring misfortune. On the
Saturday could not understand why we delayed our
evil They are ali nied with devnsh supcrstitions
We inod GAMBLERS gazele for bothering us.
Haoun and Aecaoud started on hunt and IN tho
evening returned with two Of these beautiful creaturea
To-day, Notwithstanding the wind and clouds, Say
regulated the chronome.er al noon and calculated
Largeau climbed the peak Of the highest hill Of the
plain and after having gone several miles to it re-
turned furious when they discovered u was not moro
than 200 feet high.
THK CHASTITY oHouRDs
DECEMBER oS-ws broke camp az eleven A. NJ, after
breakfast. We desired to start at sunrise, but long
discussions held among tho camcliers on the sub
ject OF redvlding the freight now increased BY the
bottles, or rather skins sweled out with water. After
much wrangling they finally became quiet amer which
they increased their gait melting their cames TO bet
speed and along humming their guttsra songs
The tableau changes We enter valley bordered
with imposing hills We in the region of the great
hills and the Erg which extends from Bir-Bcressoft 10
the immense stony plateau Of Ghadamea
We have In front Of us mountains OF sand several
hundred feet nigh. These the ghourds Tho
northeast wind blows violently, the sky s partly
cloudsd and obscures some parts OF the route. The
shining ghourds loom up white az snow and present
splendid taboau, the barrenness OF tho summit helping
temptation Of this desolate spot produces almost
an INFINITE sadness and press forward If expect
ing to meet more vcrdant path further on. In the
bottoms Of the valleys sometimes find gravclly and
sometimes sandy grounds The way otcn obstructed
by little hills which connect the ghourds and which
appear to be holding session amid the awful stiffness
which reigns In the extreme northeast our guide
points out very lofty ghourd, named -Serami,
after plant which grows al its base This ghourd
serves a. a landmark for the gaxelle and antelope
hunters who 60 there for game. We halted this
evening In splendid broad valley environed with
gho1rds some 400 feet high Further in tho line Of
dur route Lagcau pointed out to another ghourd FL
aya the Fork which, Its indicates Is the point
Of burcation of the roads which lead to the we'll Of
Bsressof and Djedid The approaches TO those wells
frequened by the caravans which are forced 10 stop
and take supply Of water the most dangerous OF
the whole route between the Souf and GhadameR We
kept keen lookout throughout the night