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ing to the temper to watch our nren arranging and putting 

 on their loads, and squabbling amongst one another as 

 to whose camel shall have an addition of the veriest 

 trifle. Emanuel is most industrious at this work, drag- 

 ging off one man here and another there, speaking a 

 word of encouragement to one, and giving a good slap 

 on the back of another. Lazy hounds as they are, they 

 never really lose their temper, and only laugh however 

 much Emanuel may knock them about. Our bag of six p 

 gazelle produced a great effect upon their locks this 

 morning, for they appeared as white as snow, so be- 

 smeared were they with the fat, or marrow, which is 

 much preferred, and afterwards we had the pleasure of 

 seeing it gradually melt and trickle down their backs. 



In this kind of travelling the smallest novelty is re-^ 

 freshing, and therefore two or three dome palms near 

 the dry bed of a mountain stream attracted much 

 attention, but our great excitement to-day was passing 

 three caravans of camels laden with gum, oil seeds, and 

 skins from Abyssinia, the largest numbering over six 

 hundred. These camels were very much bigger than 

 our own, and some were almost black. 



This being their twelfth day from Kassala, we hope 

 to arrive there in ten days, as we travel at a little greater 

 speed, or, I should rather say, not quite so slowly. 



Jan. 4. Last night, for the first time, we heard the 

 .wild cry of the hyaena mingling with that of the jackal, 



