Excerpt from Khartoum, Vol. 2 of 2: And the Blue and White Niles

We were not allowed to have the scene entirely to ourselves. Every ferry-boat had brought at least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfea, and the bank could boast an nu usual collection of picturesque Objects, look ing in the distance like bundles of white linen, surmounted by curly heads, while here and there a camel lay groaning, in apparent anticipation of the coming burthen. Promi nent in the fore-ground, was the Camel Sheik, sedately smoking his tchibouque, while enduring our united abuse for having shown so little respect to the terms of his agreement. The Space all around us that was not occupied by living packages, was strewn with baggage of every description.

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