Sub sole : or, Under the sun missionary adventures in the great Sahara . CHAPTER VII. Ef)t HantJ of Efjirst. All in a hot and copper sky,The blood red sun at noon,Right up above our head did stand,No bigger than the moon.—COLERIDGE (adapted.) I^WVn E stayed for a few days at Kabara whilst we})^Mi collected 200 camels for our journey\\f^/y through the desert. We also sent ahandsome present to the governor ofTimbuctoo ; call it Timbuktu if you like,gentle reader, but I assure you that it isone of the myriad of modern alterations which are by nomeans improvements. The governors name was El Rakay.
Sub sole : or, Under the sun missionary adventures in the great Sahara . CHAPTER VII. Ef)t HantJ of Efjirst. All in a hot and copper sky,The blood red sun at noon,Right up above our head did stand,No bigger than the moon.—COLERIDGE (adapted.) I^WVn E stayed for a few days at Kabara whilst we})^Mi collected 200 camels for our journey\\f^/y through the desert. We also sent ahandsome present to the governor ofTimbuctoo ; call it Timbuktu if you like,gentle reader, but I assure you that it isone of the myriad of modern alterations which are by nomeans improvements. The governors name was El Jew assured me that he was as good as the generalityof Arabs in Africa are bad, and that we should find hima truly friendly sheikh. Meanwhile a stirring incidenthappened. It had been a blazing day as usual ; towardsevening a pleasant north wind arose. I was lying underthe awning of the Rachel, feeling very limpid and THE LAND OF THIRST. 95 washed out, when a sight came that put an end to mylassitude in a moment. Swiftly sailing down the rivertowards us was a sla
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