CHAPTER III.

WILD ASSES OF THE DESERT.

My First and Last--Appetite for raw Meat--The Bishareen Arabs-- Gozerajup--The First Rain--Limits of the Desert--The Hadendowa Arabs--The Wells of Soojalup--Antelopes--Antelope Stalking--Arab Migrations--The Arab's Prayer--The Barren Women--Difficulty in fording the River Gash--Arrive at Cassala--Hospitality of the Greek Merchant.