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to the practice of the true Mussulmans, who never
use on the next day what is left on the preceding,"
&c.

We returned afterwards to the Kashef, to beg
him to provide us some camels, in order that we
might pursue our journey as far as Dongola. He
abruptly replied that he had no camels to hire.
" As for my own," he added, " I want them my-
self; the news of the meditated expedition of
Mohammed Ali, keeps us constantly on the qui
vive; to-morrow, perhaps, we shall find ourselves
obliged to seek refuge in the mountains, and with-
out my camels what could we do," &c. &c. Seeing
that it was impossible for us to get any camels
from him, we begged him to have the goodness to
let us have some asses, to go and see the island
named Ghisirat-Sag, about six hours' journey from
the village of Amara. This request he also denied
us, alleging as a pretext that he was at open war,
and that he and his brother having already acknow-
ledged their submission to Mohammed Ali, he
feared that we might be ill-treated by the people
of the island, which might, he said, cause great
inconvenience in their affairs.

Discouraged by these impediments, so inexora-
bly thrown in our way, we gave up all hope of