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CAPTURE CEugoru.E, Nj sIAvEs-ISFLU-
ENCE uF COLONEL GORDON AMONG THE ARR
cans.
Cairo Correspondcueo 80 hs Philadelphia Press.
The Nubians are the principal hborers on
the railroad. They ar a the finest race in
Egypt. and are IN cv ry respect peculiar
people r,ry ara hl1 x. but It il 4 lustrous
sable not unp!e:,-iug the eye. They have
handsome. expressive countenances, bright
ewes. ,,ll-shaped heads and high foreheads.
The hair naturally cmls in rinElets. They
are The est-loohiug 1ecimens of the negro
branch uf the human almlly have ever met
They are naturally intelligent, are good-hu-
mored and very agreeable IN their manners.
They have the appearance of a people relap,-
ed from a state OF civilization to their present
semi-harbarous condition. Their iavorite
dress is nudity N the female sex a string OF
bead-emhroidrred cloth about the IONS.
They live on or near the hanks Of the Nile,
and from its waters they draw their chief
subsistence. They swim. men, women and
children. like ducks. have no lear Of croco-
dil,.s aud often seek "a fight with tuem. being
very deztefuus in the Use oi the knife and
rarely iail to plunge 1t INTO the throat Of the
monster. la TINS part of the Nile the croco-
die vet ab"uudS. Steamboats, and the rude
treatment they receive at the hands OF
strangers have driven them from below the
first cataract into the less ircluented waters
OF NuLia The NuLians have an ingenious
way OF catching the crocodile ON land. IL Is
the custom Of the animal to crawl out of the
water ou To ihc saudhanks IN the middle Of
the river. and there, with their family, 10
take their S5.,t. The Nnbmn, in these
places. digs a pit covers II with bushes and a
Shrinking uf sand rs If the wind had drift
81 II there. The crucudIles are no sooner
gathered ON Tins fragile covering than II gives
way, and they fdl into the PIT bencath As
they cannot ,Atricatc themselves they are
easily killed. Thor SKIN /, used tor shields,
and sometimes they are stuffed III rider TO be
sold to traveller. The Nubians iayorite
arms ave a Iayrm aud "a shield Of hippopDta-
mus or crocodile hide. Further south III
Kordoilu. SEMINAR and Dnriur. appears the
iull-hluudcd Anl.au WItl has cual-hlick sk II,
gooly hair, thick hps and gross features.
lie has but little taste Tor civilization. lie .s
naturally a barbarian With savage In-tIncts,
with bui few wants to supply, and living of
whatever nature plarcs within hls reach. His
gods are the works Of his own hands, rude
idols of wood and stone, To- whom he offers
IL sacrifice the captiye5 Dee has taken in bat
1ie. lie is purp.tUully AZ War, for lac loves
the smell OF blood, aud hs has hut little sense
of humanity. lie hunts hi, fellow blackman
their stocka,lcd, mui-huIlt villages at night,
links them together pa droyes. and sells them
10 the slav, TRADERS. Colonel Gord"n, whom
the kheUIyc has appointed Governor of Sou
dan. has full power 10 break up this cruel
traffic. Not long since he wrote to him to
use all the means at his disposal in any way
be chose to put an end to 1t. This will be
difficult t. do. lnr beyond the confines Of
parlur are the great ,laN"-huntng fields,
where intcrnecine War etcrnaly rcigns, and
who re. notwithstanding Mars, mas-icrcs and
disease. the human rare seems 4" multiply,
AS 1t were from the fertilization of the cartn
with its own blood Unhealthy as the clim-
ate Is IN the dcusrT parts Of Africa, where
Land and water contend for the mastery,
where the people live ON amphIbiOus exist
.ence among the mOrasses, or m the forest
wilds, ii is strange that epinemIcs are rare.
The contagious maladi,a that sweep of whole
popuiatiuiIs elsewhere are comparatively un-
Known where It might r,:l# uu.hly be suPPos-
ed they would most prevail Egypt may
nov be cou7ldrrr 60 ,.trud tp the Equator
The whole country boss mot hr,n 'Aplorcd OF
op,ned to interrUutrc TO that point, but II
acknowledge the supremacy OF the khedlve,
and IN course ct time We shall hc made ac
quaiut.d with aii OF It's productions. Dar-
fur Which Is SAID tu have Il population OF
5000 OOu has been iu % state OF mAurrcctIon
Colonel Gordon. by The adoption Of polite
measures. put down the movement and
peace now r,igu,. Dmlug his absence The
country wa- under the control OF Mr.. frout
tLeloung American officer IN the service o
the khedlyr, and who IS \irr-IuYrrnur. lie
explored II Ia every part, and IN spite 4"
fever. ot u,soat,. with the savage tribe,
and dangers ut every kind, &" say nothing o
the beasts oi rrey with which thesc region
aI,urI l. made hmm, ii thOrsupllN nc