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ARRIVAL OF AN ESCORT. 
without notice. It is not, however, necessary to 
come to the frontiers of Soudan to witness pheno- 
mena of this nature. Even in Morocco similar 
sudden floodings occur every rainy season. 
We had been some time employed in watching 
this singular scene, when another cry was heard. 
This was the announcement that our camels 
were coming, — certainly a piece of good news that 
we had been anxiously expecting ; but it had often 
been given before, and after the first excitement 
we began to feel the sickness of disappointment. 
However, four of our camels were in reality brought 
in ; there yet remain out two of ours and three 
belonging to the Kailouees. However, our spirits 
begin now really to revive. We learn that this act 
of restitution is attributable to the marabouts. 
T went to bed on receiving this news ; but I had 
not rested long before Dr. Barth called out, " Have 
you heard what has happened ? Twenty-eight maha- 
rees are arrived from En-Noor." On further in- 
quiries, I learned that the Sultan had sent us an 
escort of twenty men mounted, and eight on foot ; 
but rain having fallen and still continuing to fall, and 
the fact of our being surrounded by water, prevented 
the approach of these troops to the encampment. 
The intelligence of their arrival was brought by a 
man well known to the Tanelkums. In the after- 
noon we had heard that En-Noor had received a 
confused account of our two encounters with the 
armed bands, and that we had been destroyed by 
