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| CHAPTER I. |
| Leave England for Paris—Drugs and Clothing Required—A “Sleeby” German—Turin | 5-12 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Milan—The Cathedral—Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele—Piazza d’Armi—Palazzo de Brera—Lake of Como—Bologna—Its Ancient History—Leaning Towers—The Certosa—Teatro Communale—Brindisi | 13-23 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| P. and O. Steamer Tanjore—Arrival of the Mail and Passengers—Ancient Brindisi—Brindisi to Alexandria—Alexandria Past and Present—Its Trade | 24-37 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Fertilizing Rivers of Egypt—Leave Alexandria—Incidents en route—Shepheard’s Hotel—Ancient and Modern Cairo—The Donkey-boys—Arab Patients—Dancing Dervishes—The House where Joseph, Mary, and the Infant Saviour Lived in Old Cairo—The Boulac Museum—The Petrified Forest—Mokattam Hills—Tombs of the Caliphs and Citadel—Cairo by Sunset | 38-66 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| A Young American at Shepheard’s Hotel—Drive to the Pyramids of Gizeh—Ascent and Exploration of the Pyramid of Cheops—The Sphinx | 67-80 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Heliopolis—The Shoubra Road—Bedrashyn—Mitrahenny—Memphis—Sakhara—Apis Mausoleum—Worship of the Bull Apis—Tomb of King Phta—Meet the Khedive—Engage Servants for the Soudan | 81-91 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Land of Goshen—Ancient Canals—Suez—Howling Dervishes—Eclipse of the Moon and Strange Behaviour of Natives—Leave Suez—Where the Israelites Crossed the Red Sea—Pass Mount Sinai—Coral Reefs Abundant | 92-97 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Arrival at SouÂkin—The Soudan—Bedouin Arab Prisoners in the Square, Not “on the Square”—Ivory—Engage Camels—Sheik Moussa—SouÂkin Slaves—Tragic End of a Doctor—Hadendowah Arabs—An Ill-fated Missionary Enterprise | 98-110 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The Start Across the Desert—My Camel Serves me a Scurvy Trick—The Camel, its Habits and Training | 111-118 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Our First Camp—Torrents of Rain—Jules Bardet—Camel-drivers Behave Badly—Suleiman in Trouble—Camel-drivers get Upset—The Desert—Two of Us Lose our Way—Jules Suffers from Dysentery—Sand-storm—A Pilgrim Dies on the Road; Another in the Camp—Jules’ Illness—Camp Split Up—Lose Our Way—Encamp Several Days in the Desert—Arab Huts—The Mirage—A Lion | 119-143 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Arrive at Kassala—Description of Kassala—We buy Camels and Horses—The Mudir gives a Dinner—Jules’ Death and Burial—HyÆnas—Arab Patients—Mahoom’s History—Demetrius Mosconas on Slavery—Menagerie at Kassala | 144-153 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Camels from the Atbara—The Mudir—Gordon Pasha’s Character in the Soudan—Fertility of the Soudan | 154-159 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Leave Kassala—Character of the Country—Meet Beni-Amir Arabs on the River-bed—The Baobob Tree | 160-164 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Encamp at Heikota—Sheik Ahmed—Herr Schumann and His Zareeba—We Make a Zareeba—The Mahdi—Excitement in the Village—Horrible Tragedy—Sheik Ahmed Dines with us—The Magic Lantern—Lions Visit Us | 165-177 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| Patients at Heikota—Leave Heikota—Game in the BasÉ Country—See our First Lion—A Lion Interviews the Author—typo TetÉl, Nellut, and other Game Killed on the March | 178-183 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| We Arrive at the BasÉ or Kunama Country—The Village of Sarcella—Murder of Mr. Powell and Party—My Camel and I Unceremoniously Part Company—The First BasÉ We See—Encamp at Koolookoo—Our First Interview with BasÉ—They make “Aman” with Us—Their Appearance—Description of Koolookoo and the BasÉ People—Their Habits and Customs | 184-200 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| We leave Koolookoo, Accompanied by a Number of the BasÉ—The Magic Lantern—See Buffalo and Giraffe for the First Time—Two Buffalos Killed—A BasÉ Feast—Curious BasÉ Dance—They Dry their Meat on Lines in the Sun—A Wounded Buffalo—Hoodoo, Chief Sheik of the BasÉ, Visits Us—A Column of Sand—A Leper—The BasÉ Squabble over the Meat—We Arrive at Abyssinia | 201-214 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| The Dembelas Attack Us, Mahomet Wounded, Narrow Escape of two of our Party—Activity in Camp, We Make a Zareeba and Fire the Country—Hold a Council of War—Our Silent and Dangerous Ride—Hoodoo’s Sagacity—Arrival in Camp of Mahomet, Wounded—We Retreat—Mahomet’s Death and Burial | 215-229 |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Messrs. James and Phillipps Start on a Visit to Rasalulu—Curious Way of Shaving
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