. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. SuaMn iKa/e, ^^ Mmndt of CraveL \ PLAN OF THE HARBOUR AND TOWN OF SIAKIM. ture of slender thongs bound round theloins. The weapons of the adults arebroad-headed javelins, swords, and fre-quently bows and arrows, with a leaf-shaped dagger. As a defence theycarry a shield of hippopotamus hide,two feet in diameter, not on the arm,but in the baud, by which the handleis grasped. Their swords are long andstraight, and, having cross hilts, haveevidently been modelled after those of drums. Each warrioJ takes a sword orlance, and, assuming a savage contor-t
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. SuaMn iKa/e, ^^ Mmndt of CraveL \ PLAN OF THE HARBOUR AND TOWN OF SIAKIM. ture of slender thongs bound round theloins. The weapons of the adults arebroad-headed javelins, swords, and fre-quently bows and arrows, with a leaf-shaped dagger. As a defence theycarry a shield of hippopotamus hide,two feet in diameter, not on the arm,but in the baud, by which the handleis grasped. Their swords are long andstraight, and, having cross hilts, haveevidently been modelled after those of drums. Each warrioJ takes a sword orlance, and, assuming a savage contor-tion of visage, goes through a series ofbounds, cutting the while with tbeformer, or stabbing with the latter. Suakim is, nevertheless, an importanttrading place. It exports to Jeddah,Hodeda, and other Arabian ports, com-modities received from Eastern andCentral Africa, such as stones, gold,tobacco, incense, ostrich feathers, ™ , fki 36 90 CASSELL8 HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. horses, and dromedaries. From Jeddali,and other places in Arabia, are im-ported Indian and other tissues, asdresses and ornaments for women, withhousehold utensils, sugar, coffee, onions,dates, and iron for lance-heads and knife-blades. Many African Mohammedansvisit Suakim on their pilgrimage toMecca and Medina. The town is connected with themainland by a causeway, opposite towhich was moored gunboatHanger, with a Gratling in her top, andher larger cannon so levelled, that if thetroops of the Mahdi attempted to gainSuakim by a rush, she could mow themdown like grass if they ventured tocome within range. It only remainsfor me at present to repeat, wrote acorresjDondent at this crisis, that unlessBaker Pasha sends from Egypt somevery much better troops than thosealready here, and well supplied withtransport and commissariat, an advanceinto the interior will not be practicablefor a long time to come, while themarch to Berber
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