not been transported
hither before this time, is the want of camels, a large part of the
camels attached to the army having perished, by reason of having been
over fatigued by the Pasha's forced march over the desert, and up the
country of Berber. A considerable number of camels have been obtained
from Berber and sent to the cataract, and more are expected to arrive
from Shendi, to which place the Divan Effendi has accompanied the chief
of that country when he left our camp, in order to receive them. Abdin
Cacheff departed two days past for Dongola, with his division. He is
charged, by Mehemmed Ali, with the government of the country between the
second and third cataracts.[40] Twelve hundred men, under the command of
Ibrihim Cacheff, are said to be on the way to replace the vacancy left
in our camp by the departure of Abdin Cacheff. They are expected to
arrive in a few days, if not delayed by the sickness of Ibrihim Cacheff,
who, it is said in the camp, is dangerously ill on the road.

7th of Regeb. This day Nousreddin, the Malek of Berber, came to kiss the
hand of the Pasha. He had been prevented from paying his homage to the
conqueror heretofore by sickness. He brought with him, as a present to
the Pasha, fifty fine horses, and fifty dromedaries of prime breed. He
was well received by his Excellence, and his presents were returned by
the Pasha, by others of great value. Nousreddin is a very tall and very
large man, about sixty years of age. Two days after, having occasion to
go to the other side of the river, I found Nousreddin upon the shore,
awaiting the arrival of a boat to carry him and some of his chiefs
over. I paid him some compliments relative to the handsome horses he had
presented to the Pasha, which pleased him considerably; he invited me
to come to his house and partake of his hospitality. I told him, if
circumstances would admit it, I would visit him in a few days.

From the 10th of Regeb to the end of the moon, nothing worth notice took
place, except the successive and gradual arrival of the remainder of
the cannon,[41] ammunition, stores and troops from the cataract, which
had been left there when the Pasha quitted it, for want of camels to
transport them. On the last day of the month, arrived the cavalry
of Ibrihim Cacheff from Egypt, consisting of four hundred excellent
horsemen; one thousand infantry were yet far distant, but on their way
to join us. Ibrihim Cacheff is at Wady Halfa, severely sick.