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Souakim, Massowa, Danakil, Somauli, Kordofan. H. ensicornis, Ehr. Arab. Ouahoh el bagr. Nubie, Berber, Kordofan. H. Addax, Licht. Arab. Akach. G. TAUROTRAGUS, Wagn. T. Orcas, Pall. Djenke, Goualgonal. Bahr el Abiad. T. gigas, nov. spec. Chez les pleuplades Atoats, au Bahr el Abiad. H. TRAGELAPHUS, Blains. Arab. Nellet, Miremreh. Tigreh, Garona. Ambar. Agazen.
We now travelled for upward of a hundred miles along the bank of the Rahad, through a monotonous scene of flat alluvial soil. The entire country would be a Mine of wealth were it planted with cotton, Which could be transported by river to Katariff, and thence directly to Souakim.
This is a terrible result of clumsy management. We have failed in every way. Broken faith has dissipated our character for sincerity, and our military operations have failed to attain their object, resulting in retreat upon every side, to be followed up even to the seashores of the Red Sea by an enemy that is within range of our gun-vessels at Souakim.
I was much attached to Djiaffer Pacha in his unofficial capacity, as I could never forget the kindness that I had received from him at Souakim when he welcomed my wife and myself on our return from a long and arduous expedition. He was a perfectly honest man in his dealings, and most generous to all around him.
Higginbotham in transporting the machinery and steamer sections by camels from Korosko to Berber across the great Nubian desert, for a distance of about 400 miles. The Arabs were much pleased at his appointment as governor, as he was one of their race. In starting from Berber for Souakim, I had the great misfortune to lose by death one of my excellent Englishmen, David Samson.
There is no doubt that Souakim should be the port for all exports and imports for the Soudan provinces. Were a line of steamers established from Suez, to call regularly at Souakim, at a moderate freight, it would become a most prosperous town, as the geographical position marks it as the nucleus for all trade with the interior.
It is important to note that this suggestion did not shock the Liberal Government, and on 13th December 1883 Lord Granville replied that the Government had no objection to offer to the employment of Turkish troops at Souakim for service in the Soudan. In the following month the Foreign Secretary went one step further, and "concurred in the surrender of the Soudan to the Sultan."
At present there is no regularity: the only steamers that touch at Souakim are those belonging to the Abdul Azziz Company, who trade between Suez and Jedda. Although advertised for distinct periods, they only visit Souakim when they think proper, and their rates are most exorbitant. There was no steamer upon our arrival.
These countries would produce an important supply of cotton, that might be delivered at Souakim at an exceedingly low rate, and find a market in England.
The plain from the Settite to the base of the hilly range that we had crossed, is about twenty-two miles wide by forty in length, and, like all the table-land in this country, it is well adapted for cotton cultivation. Were the route secure through the Base country, loaded camels might reach Cassala in six days and from thence to Souakim. All this country is uninhabited.
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