temple below. No indications of a considerable city are
however to be found on this island, which is beside too small to have
served for the emplacement of a city of consequence. Khalil Aga, who
swam over to this island, reported that he had seen there the ruins of
brick houses, and many fragments of porcelain; of the latter there
are immense quantities among all the ruined edifices found in this
country.[26] The island of "Kendi" is large, and in some parts cultivated;
it contains evident traces of brick buildings, among which we found
fragments of ancient pottery and porcelain, but no ruins of any
considerable building.

We stayed for three days as high up as the middle of the island of
Kendi. On the 6th of Jamisalawal the boats received orders to descend to
the lower end of the island, in order to take the passage on its right
hand side, that on the left being so shallow as not to be passed but
with great difficulty. We descended accordingly, and remained at
its lower extremity till the thirteenth of the moon, which delay was
occasioned by the absence of the Rais Bashi, who had gone up to examine
and sound the passages through the remainder of the Third Cataract. On
the thirteenth, our boat and many others passed over to the right bank
of the river, in order to be on the same side as was the camp of the
Pasha,[27] and to have free communication with it.

The same day I received an order from the Pasha to come to the camp with
my baggage. I went accordingly and presented myself to his Excellency,
and demanded to know his pleasure. He replied, that it was his will that
I should stay in the camp, and that he would immediately furnish me with
the means of accompanying him in his intended march to Berber over the
Desert. Five days after, his Excellency broke up his camp, and proceeded
about four leagues higher up the rapids, where the boats were found
stopped by the impossibility of proceeding any farther, as the water
was found to be too low to admit their passing. I arrived at this place
(opposite the upper end of the island of Kendi) on the same day with his
Excellency, having left orders to my domestics to follow with my camels
and baggage. The next morning, finding that they had not arrived, and
learning that it was the intention of the Pasha to commence his march to
Berber that day, I mounted my horse to go and ascertain the reason why
my camels had not arrived. I learned, as I proceeded, that one of them
had fall