216 RAPID TRAVELLING — CONDUCT OF SERVANTS. 
progress towards Aheer — I mean, its inhabited dis- 
tricts. 
Wednesday.. .. .. .. 1 2 1^ hours .. 31 miles. 
Thursday 13 „ .. 32i „ 
Friday 14 . . 35 „ 
Friday night to Saturday morning . 9 .. 22| 
At 27V miles an hour . . 121 miles. 
Sometimes, however, the camels went at least 
three miles an hour. We have come, indeed, about 
130 miles, and nearly all south ; which has brought 
us so much more within the influence of the climate 
of Soudan. On the third day, at noon, the granite 
region disappeared, and we have now sandstone 
again. 
Some of our servants have begun to feel uneasy, 
and are becoming troublesome, in consequence of 
these constant alarms of Haghar. To do the free 
blacks justice, they behave well. Yusuf is getting 
out of temper, and somewhat changed in manner. 
He is annoyed at seeing me not place so much con- 
fidence in him as at first ; I have reason to be 
dissatisfied with his carelessness. Mahommed of 
Tunis is a good servant, but at times impertinent. 
I am getting rather more accustomed to our 
Kailouee companions. They are dressed in most 
respects like the Tuaricks, but seem to take pride 
in loading themselves with a luxury of weapons. 
To see one of them running after a camel is really 
a ludicrous sight: bow, arrows, sword, gun, pistols. 
