ARRIVAL OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF K ASS ALA. 39 



we caught up with our caravan. Throughout yesterday 

 we could see in front of us an isolated mountain, and 

 directly beyond it we were told lay Kassala, but, like a 

 ' Will-of-the-wisp,' it seemed as if we never could ap- 

 proach it. To-day again hour after hour passed in the 

 same disappointing way, until the afternoon, when the 

 few minarets of Kassala coming into view denoted the 

 delightful fact that the chief part of our desert journey- 

 had really drawn to a close. 



