CHAPTER XXIV.

A Lion Near the Camp—The Monks of Chardamba—We Meet Ali Dheen Pasha, Governor-General of the Soudan—Arrival at Keren, or Sanhît—The Priests at Keren—Account of Keren—Merissa—Dra, a Domestic Slave, Made Free—Descent from Sanhît to the Anseba Valley—The Birds There—Along the River-bed of the Labak—A Big March—Massawa—Farewell to Camels—Massawa to Souâkin—Take in Cargo—Farewell to the Soudan—Arrival at Suez 298-314