A MODEL KITCHEN RANGE. 27- 



the feeblest one, as we only take out in a saddle-bag 

 such things as slices of cold gazelle, potted or Australian 

 meats, sardines, figs, raisins, and Lehman's captain bis- 

 cuits ; and it certainly is a movable feast ; for it entirely 

 depends upon finding near our path a mimosa offering 

 the pretence at least of some shade. Mohamed's 

 kitchen range consists of a narrow iron trough on short 

 legs, and having placed in this a few sticks and set them 

 alight, he is soon able to produce a dinner that many an 

 English cook might well not be ashamed of. 



Jan. 5. Our departure this morning was greatly 

 delayed in consequence of the camels having strayed to 

 some distance amongst the mountains during the night 

 in search of water. Our surprise is that they are ever 

 collected, for directly we halt in the evening they are 

 turned loose and are not sought for until the morning. 



We have found the heat to-day particularly trying,, 

 owing to the total absence of cloud and to the great 

 reflection of heat from the rocky ground we have passed 

 over. Every day we see some antelope, but we do not I 

 now waste our cartridges upon them when not wanted 

 for the larder. At present we have only shot two 

 varieties, one the common gazelle, and the other the < 

 ariel, which it much resembles in colour and horns,, 

 though twice as large in both respects, and showing 

 more white behind. Near Souakim we found the ariel 

 so tame that we had no difficulty in getting within easy 



