COMING DOWN OF THE WADY. 
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of granite rocks, between which are a series of fine 
valleys, running one into another. The granite is in 
great varieties ; there are four specimens of granite 
marble ; some pieces of pure limestone marble have 
also been collected ; the granite rocks are blackened 
by the sun and atmosphere, and wear the appearance 
of basalt. 
About four o'clock this afternoon there was a cry 
in the encampment — not that the Haghar were 
coming — not that another troop of robbers and 
wild people were advancing upon us to attack us ; 
but the cry was, " El wady jaee 1 " " The wady is 
coming ! " Going out to look, I saw a broad white 
sheet of foam advancing from the south between the 
trees of the valley. In ten minutes after a river of 
water came pouring along, and spread all around 
us, converting the place of our encampment into an 
isle of the valley. The current in its deepest part 
was very powerful, capable of carrying away sheep 
and cattle, and of uprooting trees. This is one of 
the most interesting phenomena I have witnessed 
during my present tour in Africa. The scene, 
indeed, was perfectly African. Rain had been ob- 
served falling in the south; black clouds and 
darkness covered that zone of the heavens; and 
an hour afterwards came pouring down this river 
of water into the dry, parched -up valley. This 
incident of Wady Tintaghoda explains the Scriptural 
phrase, " rivers of waters f for here indeed was a 
river of water appearing in an instant, and almost 
