A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . thers, &c., come here to float down their cargoesto Cairo. One of these, encamped on the bank ofthe river, interested the Prince and Princess verymuch. At half-past 5 oclock, on the 27th of February,the fleet got under weigh and left Korosko, pass-ing Derr, the capital of Nubia, at half-past XVI.] WAITING IN VAIN. 389 10 oclock. Somehow or other, the native crocodilehunter was led to think he was in dauber if heremained any longer, for he disappeared from theship early this morning. Perhaps he feared beingmade responsi
A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . thers, &c., come here to float down their cargoesto Cairo. One of these, encamped on the bank ofthe river, interested the Prince and Princess verymuch. At half-past 5 oclock, on the 27th of February,the fleet got under weigh and left Korosko, pass-ing Derr, the capital of Nubia, at half-past XVI.] WAITING IN VAIN. 389 10 oclock. Somehow or other, the native crocodilehunter was led to think he was in dauber if heremained any longer, for he disappeared from theship early this morning. Perhaps he feared beingmade responsible for bad sport. The sportsmen sawthree crocodiles basking on the sand, which allowedthe steamer to pass without taking to the vessel stopped a mile or so above them. ThePrince and all the men dropped down in boats, andlanded on the bank. One of the crocodiles im-mediately took to the water. The other two re-mained until the Prince and Sir Samuel Avere wdthinabout eighty-five yards, when they slowly waddledoff into the Nile. As they were disappearing, the. Prince and Sir Samuel fired, but did not appear to party then divided, and remained lying in patientexpectation for three mortal hours on the hot sand. 390 A CROCODILE AT LAST. [chap. Several times, here and there, a crocodile showed anose, and now pushed out even a head, but notone would take to the land again. The Princessand Mrs. Grey subsequently joined the party, whichwent out fishing, with little success. To makeup for lost time, it was proposed that the steamershould proceed by moonlight, but the pilot declaredthat he would jump overboard if he was forcedto do so; and so at half-past 10 oclock the vesselmoored for the night. Next day, February 28th, as the steamer wasnearing Abou-Simbel, a long sand-bank was seenahead, on which lay no less than five slowly, one after the other, made for thestream on the approach of the vessel; but aftershe had passed some distance, three came out ag
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