Identifier: roundblackmansga00colv (find matches)
Title: Round the black man's garden
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Colvile, Zélie Isabelle Richaud de Préville, lady
Subjects: Africa -- Description and travel
Publisher: Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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bucketful of fresh wateroverboard, providing, as they believed, some waterfor the holy man to drink, there being no freshwater on any part of that coast. It is a barren-looking country, with its hard line of rocky hillsoverlooking the narrow sandy plain dotted withstunted mimosa-bushes, which the dervishes foundso useful as cover during the fighting, crawling likesnakes from one to the other. Suakin was now in sight, and the excitement wasgreat on board, as we did not know what receptionwe should meet with. For all we knew, the enemymight be in possession. Some one thought he sawsmoke in the distance. Was it Suakin burning?Should we be able to get into harbour? Manywere the conjectures. Captain Lewis, who hadbeen very unwell all the voyage, was now quite adifterent man, looking forward with joy to morefighting. Suddenly we heard a cannon-shot; andby looking through his glasses, Harry made outthat a shell had been fired from Fort Handoub.Evidently Suakin had not yet surrendered. While
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SUAKIN. 25 we were anxiously listening another gun was fired,this time from a man-of-war in the harbour. At about three oclock we steamed into thesheltered little harbour, passing on the left thenative cemetery, and on the right Quarantine Island,which contains the European graveyard. Before theanchor was lowered a crowd of natives, with longcurious wooden spikes sticking in their curly heads,scrambled on deck; and as soon as we were broughtto. Captain Lewis went ashore, soon returning withMr Bewley, the owner of a large house in Suakin,who kindly offered to put us up during our twodays stay. This offer we gladly accepted; andafter putting a few things together, we were rowedashore. No one who has not experienced the dis-comforts of a small dirty Egyptian steamer canrealise the delightful feeling of finding ones selfin a clean and airy house. I was shown up to a big room opening on to awide balcony overlooking the harbour. Two littleblack boys were deputed to wait upon us. Withgreat t

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