RECEIPT FOR KABOBS. 233 



wooden skewers, and thread upon these alternately 

 pieces of meat, fat, and heart, each cut to about the 

 size and thickness of a dollar ; broil upon the glow- 

 ing embers, season with wood-ashes in the absence 

 of salt and pepper, and bite them off while smoking 

 hot. If you are hungry, you fancy this the most 

 delicious thing you ever tasted. For my knowl- 

 edge of this most interesting plat I was indebted 

 to a one-eyed Arab cook, yclept Hadji Mohammed, 

 whom Sir F S and myself had on an ex- 

 pedition in Egypt and Palestine some years ago. 

 I have also seen kabobs retailed to the faithful by 

 itinerant cooks in the streets of Constantinople. 



After supper we erected a screen to windward 

 of the fire by hanging the boat's sail upon the har- 

 poon shafts ; and then, lighting our pipes, we lay 

 down to sleep on the beach, "Pleiras Bacchi,* 

 pinguisque ferinae," like the pious iEneas and his 

 companions on the shores of Italia. 



We have lost sight of the midnight sun for the 

 last few days, and it was slightly dusk at night. 

 The temperature was far below frost, but we slept 

 very comfortably. The crew kept watch alternate- 

 ly, to mind the boat and keep up the fire, and I 

 could observe, in my waking moments, that the sen- 

 tinel always seemed to be whiling away the tedious 

 hours by renewed attacks upon the carcass of the 

 stag. 



* For " Bacchi" read " backy," and tho quotation will be 

 more applicable. * 



