met with any person who expressed himself so clearly, and with so few words. I replied, “ that if I could not proceed in the way I wished, I should return, and either take his advice about Egypt, or wait till better times: that the King of England, upon hearing from me of his kindness, his willingness to assist us, and his friendship, would send some other Englishmen, with proofs of his good will, who would claim his assistance in getting to Sennaar.” “ God keep you from evil!” said he ; “ but tell your great king to send you again: here you are known, and loved by the people; and know them, and their language: we all will wish to see you again— what shall we do with a stranger ?” The sheikh sent this day for Golumbus: “ You have lived greatly,” said he, “ amongst Mussulmans; why do not you say, La il la ilallah: shed, shed, and paradise is open to you ?” Columbus, who knew Turks perfectly, replied, “ If it is written, so it will be “ True,” said the sheikh, “ but death is near. I, however, still think you love Mussulmans, and are a believer in your heart: true, the time may not be-yet come;—pray God it may come, and quickly, both for you and Sahaby Khaleel (meaning me). I have sent to speak to you, and I think you will tell me the tru th:—what is this wish of Khaleel’s to go to Egypt ? I think he is my friend, and 1 think the English are my friends; but a man’s head is always his best friend. I fear they wish to overthrow the Mussulman power altogether.” The reply of Columbus was, “ As far as i know they want to do no such thing: they wish to see, and to describe the country, with its inhabitants; and if the English are the first to do so, they will pride themselves greatly in consequence.7 “ And is that all ?” replied the sheikh; “ Oh ! wonderful: no one would believe it, —no one does here but myself, but I do, because they say so, and they, are not liars.” April SO.—Every thing had been in preparation for a ghrazzie, upon an extensive scale: its destination was a secret; but I inquired of the sheikh, and added, that I hoped he would allow me to accompany him. To this he consented; and, in the evening, sent me word that they should pass the river at Showy, and proceed northeast towards Fittre, for the purpose of annihilating, if possible, the ShouaaS La Sala of Amanook, who were in that direction, and allies of the sultan of Begharmi. Amanook was a determined warrior, as well as a terrible fighi. In his escape, after the late fight, his horse had fallen with him, and some followers of Maffatai came upon him ; they were about to finish him, when he discovered himself, and by a promise of one thousand bullocks was allowed to escape, one of the men giving him a horse: this horse also knocked up previous to reaching the river, and Amanook saved himself by creeping into the warren of some wild hogs (foul disgrace to a believer !) when after remaining a night and a day, he ventured out, and escaped by swimming across. The story got to the sheikh’s ears, and the Maffatai1 Sultan was sent for. These worthies having quarrelled in the division of the spoil, one of them betrayed the re st: and all of them were hanged accordingly, even he who informed; and the sultan, having been kept in a state of great alarm for several days, was at length released; on the payment to the sheikh of twenty bullock loads nf tobes,' nearly one thousand dollars, for having such people in his kingdom. On the 4th of-May we left Kouka for Angornou, for the purpose of proceeding on the ghrazzie. Ehamadan had now begun two days, and strong objections were made by the Kanemboos and Shouaas to proceeding: they had been nearly two months in the field already, and they were most anxious to prepare for the sowing season, which was now approaching; the difficulty, however, of fosting from sunrise to sunset, while on a campaign at this hot season, for the thermometer was 102° and 104° each day, and the sin of breaking the Ehamadan, by doing otherwise, were made the grounds of objection, and could not fail of having their'weight with the sheikh. On
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