Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24

sr have been fseatdej viii have - ~ JOY
ffaHf before they kdow rhai he desert
really .so ~ n lhs say 4 gfi.Hng
When ~ Iefi ihr 9s.ls II Afab ~ psfsn,d
de,ifrs eysrs tsfnerB m ROXY hiils Nbieh
elosei ~ ~ a' ahat hey l9aoded He nssfgs
valley etlled Wadi fsmgs The grsaae
bgaldsu we're here mats iod snI bsmmed
as 50 mus closely. snd ~ ieh m.iss ~
ibredeJ or aay through than. battling m g
bare a.ty fff.H trsH f level stat faf
hard grays.ly s9i a as aae8 f9tu lhs
fasine. passed. 10 fnees ard thtes gentle
men 10 blsek ni'h long fesu af]iIi1g a.aag
ny mpoHiah. sYtae II lhsm atks1 NJ rs
tobacco. being "aH oaf sffhsf commodity
bu' aaf guide anil eaHei drivers were Inform
into great state u miad .ig lbse apaHiiods,
and ~ arriving At ne ssaai Batting piaee %
ne plain eHusairi ne 10 81 On. urging thar
'be gentlemen " had paesd would certainly
m8fdsr Hs that night cosid M c9asdf
tie fae' If being asked faf i9lascps Indicating
any intention II mafief. remembering fhai one
often meets gentleman 10 Lyhdn Who Is
Just oat u foiaeegt+ - p0iiifeiy refused
70 r. 0ifh9ai ny nights ret The drivers
then enteaied ne 70 fire N ny rife several
times a. 4 warning ~ ti.ls caste n ammHnl
tion sis9 dsplrs5 They ihsa requested
me ~ pitch ny tent 10 thar middle bat. a9t
liking the eflayia u eamels snd their drivers.
declined this request alto, pitching ny tent
at least ffty yards distant i,am 'hshaiisd ezra.
van. Bot they graiuaiiy eneif1lsd ny domi.
eiie, ard sa' 80 al night, singoa snd taking
loud, 20 make the supposed enepy afraid 50
atink
Bot they were more Or les night IN theft
tars ibese naked men 1iih ,lieii spean and
shields were On the wst.path, ON toward tie
iotedoomei siBeai yet they never attempted
% touch me, although had only Two un.
armed atteusants and fsw eamel.9riycrs With
me. There Il nobility ai,oai The bearing d
these ehiya,oas nornads that one respects and
sdmires.
Our camping grognd wa under NV BIZ n
our right ~ found well and spring here,
with fairiy good water We len the lon hii
and the spring called Boah, and soand among
low rokey spurs On oar way to Koreb, four
teen and half miles from 8oah Afer = long
deser, ride, Kosreb. which posssases delight
I'd gushing spring AMI some vegetation, seemi
an Eden. During The Who'll. jgsrney ae bad
been gradaaiy ascending. and had no1 attain
Ell az altitude az ;3e1ty-ihree haalred feet
Leaving Kosreb, We pasted ogcf r5nge d
wildly beau,ifal hills. The ,ortuopf pass de
bouches into barren, iIee.ess valley er-a'
with fragments d pofphyry and trap n picta
reslue confusion. One might well imuiasia
that the T'ifaas had been playing Il bowls vii
the rocks, OF that his Satanic majesty had ggei
dance to a select numberof friends At thi
SPOT. We halted al Ahab, d o Habdl Be
ygnd this comes plzin, tfac, Of rocky 81
alternating with strips d thin soiI. supportini
coarse and scanty heritage The spun d tn
low rocky hills to the norm jui into ihe plain
which is thinly studded with siunied ruinnqss
and nncnuth, uneaHhiy looking dfzgoa-,rce
ldracssnal. Here, too. We came across ID
tagged, Tree .sr-geiy IN Eeepfn- with !,
savage habitat. Leaving the plain We entere
narrow valley running northeast and the
trending east. This bronghi Us in a couple {,
hours to he watershed Of the Nile ard IN
Red Sea, the highes, poin, on the road. ~
thousand eight hundred and seventy FEET aboy
the sea.
The valley contracts into defie bcsor
reaching HaIa,ri, where we found iwo well
ofgood water and eneamped. The rocks her
star, up ike gigantic gaun, grim idols a
around. GraHite, porPhyry, and greeas,oa
crop up along the whole route a s,rang
and hitherto unexplained PHENOMENON exist
in connection with The rocks in this deser
Whatever may be their color, they are ami
formerly covered with black coating. whic
gives them sombrc and l0rbidding appe.l
aucc, adding to the solemn impressiyeueSs
the scene, indesrribably grand in this noun
ain-rogie. soon after quitting Haratr We er
tered weird region, where the huge biac
boulders were s,FeHn around in the wilde
confusion. Lateral rayines gave US glimpse
. OF chaotic labyhath Of rocks Of fantastic fon
; piled one upon another Hrgs frasmeHi
were sown broadcast everywhere. The plsc
might have ssrged ior painter 10 repres=i
the battle ground Of Millions aagels and 81
hosts Of LacifeI. The whole scene had a
"eerie and uneanhly aspect. The mo
daring conceptions 81 Martin OF Gus,ase Do
fail to give an adequate idea Of It, thoagh il Il
called TO me some Of the lausr's illustrations
Dan,e's " Inferno"
A fearful storm came down upon as as "
we're ,ravrrsing this district. Il was saddend
: on Us. The flashes were iac=ssini, aud "si
ighining ran along the ground and dan,
I, among the rocks, Illuminating The sinisiet-lool
/ ing masses with awful brilliantly. one coz
\ realize one of,hs palgaes Of Esyp,, as the "a
came down 10 Sheets Amid the rush Of vat
!, and the rolling Of the ihnnie, arose the vii
4 " o. the Bishareeu, =. AbisIlah {" Abdani
was shisk.who Is held IN great yeneraiio
!, and is, in fact, SOFT q Pain,n saint, who
!. constantly appealed to danEg joarnsys and
times Of peril /, Is a rnoao;onoas, lon
dawn cry. | have heard !, explained as
!. invocation to the spiut Of the storm.
/. Eight hours ailer leaving iIaraiu arsiv
/. a, o-oche,i, charming spot, with wsfes thu
/, inches below tie sol- The road ihea iollos
4 shallow rayines boFdefsd bY los roeAy t.dgs
! debauehing on 10 a wide opea plaia. n
Is terminates in low Sandy hills, between I
m Slopes Of which our oaineis ploddet weani
b Tbs valley Affords Substance To Tea s,sns,
"a trees We empsd by Two wells, very shallo
d ba, aaaniias 'apply q lAir valsr. Aner Il
!, eaae anolhes naviae, heyond ~hich &c srave
er "a the ersss q low sPas, beautifully spsinkl
m uish lo~ bushes Descending has. Nc az
/. wound ihroegh lAhysinsh Of dehies, II