Condensed By E.J.W From "The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia"
And "The Albert N'yanza Great Basin Of The Nile."
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
The Nubian desert - The bitter well - Change of plans - An
irascible dragoman - Pools of the Atbara - One secret of the
Nile - At Cassala
CHAPTER II.
Egypt's rule of the Soudan - Corn-grinding in the Soudan - Mahomet meets
relatives - The parent of Egypt - El Baggar rides the camel
CHAPTER III.
The Arabs' exodus - Reception by Abou Sinn - Arabs dressing the hair - Toilet of an
Arab woman - The plague of lice - Wives among the Arabs - The Old Testament
confirmed
CHAPTER IV.
On the Abyssinian border - A new school of medicine - Sacred
shrines and epidemics
CHAPTER V.
A primitive craft - Stalking the giraffes - My first giraffes-Rare
sport with the finny tribe - Thieving elephants
CHAPTER VI.
Preparations for advance - Mek Nimmur makes a foray - The
Hamran elephant-hunters - In the haunts of the elephant -
A desperate charge
CHAPTER VII.
The start from Geera - Feats of horsemanship - A curious chase -
Abou Do wins a race - Capturing a young buffalo - Our
island camp - Tales of the Base
CHAPTER VIII.
The elephant trumpets - Fighting an elephant with swords -
The forehead-shot - Elephants in a panic - A superb old
Neptune - The harpoon reaches its aim - Death of the
hippopotamus - Tramped by an elephant
CHAPTER IX.
Fright of the Tokrooris - Deserters who didn't desert - Arrival
of the Sherrif brothers - Now for a tally-ho! - On the heels
of the rhinoceroses - The Abyssinian rhinoceros - Every
man for himself
CHAPTER X.
A day with the howartis - A hippo's gallant fight - Abou Do leaves
us - Three yards from a lion - Days of delight - A lion's furious
rage - Astounding courage of a horse
CHAPTER XI.
The bull-elephant - Daring Hamrans - The elephant helpless - Visited
by a minstrel - A determined musician - The nest of the outlaws -
The Atbara River
CHAPTER XII.
Abyssinian slave-girls - Khartoum - The Soudan under Egyptian rule -
Slave-trade in the Soudan - The obstacles ahead
CHAPTER XIII.
Gondokoro - A mutiny quelled - Arrival of Speke and Grant - The sources
of the Nile-Arab duplicity - The boy-slave's story - Saat adopted
CHAPTER XIV.
Startling disclosures - The last hope seems gone - The Bari chief's
advice - Hoping for the best - Ho for Central Africa!
CHAPTER XV.
A start made at last - A forced march - Lightening the ship - Waiting for
the caravan - Success hangs in the balance - The greatest rascal in
Central Africa - Legge demands another bottle
CHAPTER XVI.
The greeting of the slave-traders - Collapse of the mutiny - African
funerals-Visit from the Latooka chief - Bokke makes a suggestion -
Slaughter of the Turks - Success as a prophet - Commoro's philosophy
CHAPTER XVII.
Disease in the camp - Forward under difficulties - Our cup of misery
overflows - A rain-maker in a dilemma-Fever again - Ibrahim's quandary-Firing the
prairie
CHAPTER XVIII.
Greeting from Kamrasi's people - Suffering from the sins of others-Alone among
savages - The free-masonry of Unyoro.
