uil of his Excellence, i.e. about six inches in
diameter. That there is gold in that country, is certain, as the female
prisoners, taken at Bokki, had many gold rings and bracelets, of which
they were quickly disencumbered by our soldiers. The Pasha intends to
visit Fezoueli after the rainy season is over, to find the veins
from whence this gold is washed down by the torrents, and, in case of
success, to work the mines.]

[Footnote 66: We passed Attar Baal the same night. The reader is
aware that a boat carrying a courier, could not be detained to give a
passenger an opportunity to see ruins.]

[Footnote 67: The "Adit," or Nile of Bruce, enters the Bahar el Abiud
nearly at right angles, but such is the mass of the latter river, that
the Nile cannot mingle its waters with those of the Bahar el Abiud for
many miles below their junction. The waters of the Adit are almost black
during the season of its augmentation; those of the Bahar el Abiud, on
the contrary, are white: so that for several miles below their junction,
the eastern part of the river is black, and the western is white. This
white color of the Bahar el Abiud is occasioned by a very fine white
clay with which its waters are impregnated. At the point of junction
between the Bahar el Abiud and the Adit, the Bahar el Abiud is almost
barred across by an island and a reef of rocks; this barrier checks its
current, otherwise it would probably almost arrest the current of the
Adit. It is, nevertheless, sufficiently strong to prevent the Adit from
mingling with it immediately, although the current of the Adit is very
strong, and enters the Bahar el Abiud nearly at right angles.]

[Footnote 68: Since my return to Egypt, we have learned that this army,
after some bloody battles, had succeeded in taking possession of Darfour
and Kordofan.]

[Footnote 69: The provinces lying on the third Cataract, between Shageia
and Berber, are called, 1st, Monasier; 2d, Isyout, 3d, El Raba Tab.]

[Footnote 70: He came up in one of the nine boats that were able to
pass, as mentioned before.]

[Footnote 71: As the people of these countries dislike the piasters
of Egypt, I bought a quantity of soap at Sennaar from the Greeks who
accompanied the army as sutlers, in order to serve as a medium of
exchange; for in most of the provinces on the Upper Nile, they prefer
soap to any thing you can offer, except dollars, or the gold coin of
Constantinople.]

[Footnote 72: Khalil Aga, a nativ