buffalo hide of the animal that killed Sali Achmet
being most serviceable in lashing. Sailed in the
evening in company with a boat belonging to the
Austrian mission. Eiver about 120 yards of clear
JOCTIAN, CHIEF OF THE NT7EHR TRIBE.
water; current about two miles per hour. Found
quantities of natron on the marshy ground bordering
the river.
Had a turkey for dinner, a “ cadeau ” from Koorthe
,shid Aga, arid, as a great wonder, the kisras (a sort; of
brown pancake in lieu of bread) were free' from sand.
I must have swallowed a good-sized millstone since I
have been in Africa, in the shape of grit rubbed, from
the moorhaka, or grinding-stone. | The moorhaka,
when new, is a large flat stone, weighing about forty
pounds; upon this the corn is ground by being rubbed
with a cylindrical stone with'both'hands. After, a
few months’ use half of the original grinding-stone
disappears, the grit being mixed with the flour; thus
the grinding-stone is actually eaten. No wonder that
hearts become stony in this country ! {
J in . 15 ¡A.—We were towing through high reeds this
morning, the men invisible, and'the rope mowing over
the high tops of the grass, when the' noise disturbed
a hippopotamus from his slumber, and he was immediately
perceived close to | the boat. He was about
half grown, and in . an instant about twenty : men
jumped into the water in search of him thinking him
a mere baby; but as he suddenly.appeared, and was
about three times as large as they had expected, they
were not very eager to close. However the reis
Diabb pluckily led the way and seized him by the
hind leg, when the crowd of men rushed in, and we
had a grand tussle. Ropes Were thrown from the
vessel, and nooses were quickly slipped over his head,