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


kharpum. lfe was accompanied ~ Sir
pGaet aho bal come out re special artist IN
fhr Pictorial World, and b. now acting
British consul ~ khar1em 81 eehmet
'he Dreh traveller, had been OD,layans
companion IN many Wild adventure. and f.
viz q strange fatality vhieh brought them r..
geihef pure more at KbaHoHn, each having
wandered IN lands hr apart and still stranger
va e chat The two should meet with their
deaths 81 almost the aamc time, ~ shorty
afefward VT Sebuyer was killed On the
liahr Gha,al last winter
Before leaving Betber dined with the
Wi,ataf ieolonel u mounted Hash Baz1pha
who was IN bis way to join flieiH with eight
hundred hgremen. ! will not dwell upon the
nature the feast Tufkishdinners have been
often Described. The inicfmiteble courses ri
Neefs, alternating with aayodcs, and the def
practice required to detach the morcls With
The right handno use the len would be grosq
breach of eiiqueuel, are experience With which
most people are familiar either personally or
by deception. The most difficult feat Is the
pauakrg ofsoup An accurate eye and =
1rady hand arc needed 10 carry the contents d
thc shallow spoon from the common bowl ia
the centre u the table to the mouth "He
Who sups with the dcyilmnstha have long spoon
IS equally applicable 10 him who dimes a Ia
| 1Ht9Hr. We were a merry party, however,
that night at Berber, and my las, words to
| Il. n.
I've will have a good dinner at khartoum
when | come back. Poor feIios! he wa,
killed withtbc rest at the awful bu,cbcfy Of
VI bass
The next day, after obtaining camels Will
some difficulty, ! started for my ride scros.
The desert to snakim. As turned imy back
upon the tall acaeias and palms Of Berber and
set my face toward the desert, the town, mis-.
cradle in ITSELF seemed invested with relative
charm; and It's dusty daughters, with thei
scanty skirts Of leather cut into strips and mod
estly weighted with leaden pellets, were re
garded by me as within the circle n ciyiliza
ton. Is an invalid, | was accommodate
with an aagascb. The angarebis a sort II bed
which is laid uansverscly across the back O
the camel, and is kept in It's place by woodcr
pin on either side passing through holes ii
he aHq1ttJ itself This queer structure wa
crowned by a canopy Of pan.leaves and mat
ting, which gave it the appearance Of cage
| have tried most modes Of locomotion, iron
an elephant to Carlo jacIas5, hut this
immeaslrably the worst. The jolting wa
lgonizing IN my weak condition, and by To
time arrived at the first halting-place | va
black and blue from the two pommels, beiwce
which | lay, driven as they were through ii
7ngate5 to steady it. We left Befber at seYc
o'clock in the evening. The party consisted
besides myself, Of an Egyptian officer, ais
sick, two Bashi- Bazonks, ordered by Hicks Z
= gaafdE. tbe Bishareen eanss, drivers. ri
seven eamels, three being appropriated {
myself and baggage, and the remainder ladc
with "dhourl" and water. A word here as
7arnel, the much beIauded ship Of the desert,
that enjoys among those VII, have not con
i into contact with him much better reputatio
than he deserves. Patience IS a virtue wit
u which he is supposed to be preeminenily cndoy
D ed. Asiara myexperience goes, heisabouttf
! most impatient brute in the whole animal or
alton. lie grumbIes and swears when require
e to stop; he roars a, you when you get on an
J. roars at you when you get off, as he do
&c when he is laden and when he Is III
laden. His patience is generally the resu
y Of senility. lie is usually vicious, and is irr
} nedably addicted TO boiling. Neither IS
intelligence sufficiently strong to allow hi
6 to distinguish noxious plants, and he Is al
'e times subject Of anxiety to his driver on III
d account.
II We encamped for the night a, Ri
,. Mahobe, after three hours march eastnor
'e east from Berber. AT this place there is a lar
:, well, riveted with stone. Hers we took in
J. supply Of water, for between this point and
Is Bak there IS not drop. The next morning v
It entered the bowling wilderness. Our way Il
d across barren plain OF reddish sand and gu
@ the pale, sickly, yellowish-gray weeds BEGAN
le more sparse, and soon disappeared. The
% had been preceded by scanty patches Of rec
grass, and occasional thomy mimosa. Now n
blade ofvegeiation to be seen. We halt,
p at a poin, where this plain merges into
'e bewideriug maze OF shifting sand-hill, utter
" desolate. | was glad to quit my dngarr6 al
back OF my camel, as hand been in tortu
the whole day, and the soft sand formed
delightful bed. So thankful was TO be rid
!. the nauseous jolting that looked with kind
Is eyes even on this unlovely spot, -unloyel
,e perhaps, but sublime and impressive as St
70 pendous loneliness and vast space could ma
f., ii. The sunsets Of the African desert are ney
10 to be forgotten. have seen the sun sink
n rest in many attitudes and on most meridian
Il, but have never been so awcd by the grande
OF the sweet hour as in silent solitude Of /
he desert. II IS more striking than sunset
10 sea; the sense OF loneliness is deeper, and /
M rich golden tones Of the rpdulaiine plain
rs sand and the sullen glow and cool yio
he shadows % the wild gaunt mountains arou
>. are awe-inspiring.
ed The next morning We began the passage
C. the bose sands-dunes above mentioned,
ut most painful and perilous portion OF two HI
p, dred and eighty miles OF desert between Bel
en- and the Red Sea. The eamels labored lhrou
g. the yielding sand, sinking under their feet
N every step. On this day the mirage y
be intesely real. Before me lay lake, is b
at waters laughing in the sun, studded with &c
he ike isle,s clad with yerdure, and hordsred
he castles, by cleaning villages and smiling Ia
nd lets, 1.-The whole scene faiY-like in its bean
Of snd painful coo,fasi to the arid sand aud lie
by heat and consuming thirst from which y
ne suffering, his in vain that Que rubs ones e,
,h and seeks TO disah1se ones se'f Of lhs iusis
as The thing IS there, undeniahIe, appaTen
las solid and tangible; you know !, i moeking y
. ike an ig7sis,tliaas, bu, the mos, accuE
las knowledge Of the physical laws which gov
n. The phenomenon viii NOT brush il away IL
as the lelina. There is small wonder that
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