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and when to this is added a little honey, a refreshing 

 drink is readily made for our daily return from hunting. 

 Honey has also quite taken the place of stewed apricots 

 as an addition to rice, which is in great demand both at 

 dinner and breakfast, now that the supply of our best 

 biscuits (Lehman's) is consumed, and we are tired of the 

 commoner kind, ' hard-bake.' Rice has also a great ad- 

 vantage over biscuits, in combining better with the large 

 amount of milk our two goats kindly supply us. There 

 has been one thunderstorm at Kassala. Another piece 

 of news brought by the old soldier is that the Shu- 

 koriah Arabs, who are under the Sheik of Khartoum, 

 have recently attacked their neighbours, the Haden- 

 dowa Arabs, and after killing six of them they carried 

 off ten herds of cattle. 



The Hadendowas are consequently in a very excited 

 state, and have sent a deputation to Munsinger Pasha, 

 by whom they are immediately governed, to beg him to 

 leave them to settle the matter without his interference, 

 for they wish to kill their enemies, or die in the attempt. 

 In consequence of this disturbance, Munsinger has had to 

 return to Kassala from a tour of inspection that he was 

 making in the country under his rule. A report has 

 spread amongst the Hamrans that the late King Theo- 

 dore's son has been brought back to Abyssinia. 



March 25. We have had on the whole good cause to 

 be satisfied with the amicable relations existing between 



