. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. wenty men ar-rived. The women and children came too and, squatted onthe bank, silently watched the proceedings. The men wad-ed into the water and there was much shouting and push-ing, but the result was that the little steamer moved men came; there was more pushing and shouting, thepaddle wheel was reversed at full speed, but the united ef-forts failed to move the boat. Trial after trial was made,but with all the pushing and shouting the Oonas remainedfirmly fixed in
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. wenty men ar-rived. The women and children came too and, squatted onthe bank, silently watched the proceedings. The men wad-ed into the water and there was much shouting and push-ing, but the result was that the little steamer moved men came; there was more pushing and shouting, thepaddle wheel was reversed at full speed, but the united ef-forts failed to move the boat. Trial after trial was made,but with all the pushing and shouting the Oonas remainedfirmly fixed in her bed of mud. The situation now began to look serious. Severalhours had passed away and the prospects for getting awayfrom Dekkeh were not very bright. Then it was suggestedthat a windlass be rigged on the bow of the boat, and ananchor with a rope attached to it be thrown into the riverat some distance from the shore. After some delay thiswas done and the end of the ro*pe was attached to the wind-lass on the steamer, and then, by turning the windlass, if theanchor held, the boat would be dragged off the bank of. WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 299 mud. We watched the proceedings with a good deal of in-terest. Would the anchor hold? If not, the chances weregood for us to remain at Dekkeh for some time. Finallythe anchor held, the rope tightened, and slowly we beganto move. The Nubians dashed into the water with a greatshout, and putting hands and shoulders to the side of theboat pushed with all their strength, at the same time shout-ing at the top of their voices. In a few minutes more theOonas swung out into the stream. A liberal backsheeshwas distributed among the Nubians, we hoisted our anchorand steamed southward again. At Korosko we stopped again. Going ashore wepassed through an Ethiopian village and climbed to thetop of a mountain called Awas el-Guarani, from the top ofwhich was had a fine view of the beautiful Nile valley onthe one side and the desert on the other. Until t
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