KHEIE ALLAH'S WIFE. 
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A horizontal wooden wheel works into a vertical one^ and on the 
same axle is a drum, upon which revolves an endless rope ladder 
that reaches a foot under the water level. To this ladder earthen 
jars that will contain a gallon of water are attached_, and as they 
come up full of water^ and are reversed at the top of the drum, the 
water is caught in a trough, and thence, in a small channel, is 
conducted over the land, that is divided into beds of several square 
yards for its reception. 
On August %hth several dahabyehs made fast to the bank im- 
mediately in front of the tents, and some thousand disbanded negro 
soldiers of Said Pacha's landed. It seems retrenchment was the 
order of the day, and these men were sent to Korosko, others to 
Dongola, and from those places were to get to their homes as they 
might. They behaved with the utmost rudeness, passing close to 
our tents, handling all things about. They evidently wished to 
provoke an outbreak. Most of them were armed, nearly all desti- 
tute of money, and they commenced to sell their clothing to the 
people j and because ours would not buy, threatened them in a very 
hectoring manner. I had great trouble to keep Petherick quiet : 
he was for fighting the thousand ; but he soon became convinced 
that, had he even spoken harshly, they would all have been down 
upon us, and become masters of the place. We had only four 
servants at that time, and not one of them would leave to take the 
horses to water, as they were well aware of the pillaging intentions 
of these men. At night they bivouacked near to us : our party 
were well armed, and watched, though apparently sleeping. At 
dawn the sheikh sent twenty camel-men to commence the weighing 
and cording of boxes for eighty camels ; these were the poor beasts 
that had recently arrived. We felt more secure, and went on 
