. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ed Sea, to the westernlimit of the province of Darfour, is from1,200 to 1,400 miles. To include this immense tract ofcountry under a single name is mis-leading. In the first place, it is in-habited by two totally distinct the northern half—to the north ofthe 11th parallel of north latitude—the inhabitants are pure Arabs, no-madic tribes, professing more or lessadulterated Mohammedanism. Southof the 11th parallel, the country ispeopled by Negroes, who, though classedas Moslem, are, in reality, gross pagans. Besides these main divisions of r
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. ed Sea, to the westernlimit of the province of Darfour, is from1,200 to 1,400 miles. To include this immense tract ofcountry under a single name is mis-leading. In the first place, it is in-habited by two totally distinct the northern half—to the north ofthe 11th parallel of north latitude—the inhabitants are pure Arabs, no-madic tribes, professing more or lessadulterated Mohammedanism. Southof the 11th parallel, the country ispeopled by Negroes, who, though classedas Moslem, are, in reality, gross pagans. Besides these main divisions of race,there are many localities, the inhabi-tants of which cannot be classed undereither denomination. The Negroes aregenerally sedentary and cultivators;the Arabs nomads and idlers. Whenthe Egyptians turned their attentionfirst to the Soudan (in the time ofMehemet Ali), it was divided into anumber of petty kingdoms, that livedin a chronic state of war with eacliother. In later years, in tlieir effortsto subjugate the Soudan, the Egyptians. THE MARCH THROUGH THE DESERT. 73 have had tlie assistance of several ableEuropeans, among tliem the GermanMunzinger, Sir Samnel Baker, andGeneral Gordon; but the disastrouswar with Abyssinia in 1876 was aserious blow to their efforts, and in1883 the Soudan still remained, in asense, conquered, but never subdued or groujDS of bare hills are met with. Thevillages and patches of cultivatedground are few and far is scarce, and stored in wellsand trunks of baobab trees. Through such a country the marchof Hicks Pasha was necessarily one ofgreat toil. Tlie 20th of September
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