CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
A B O V E T H E C A T A R A C T .
■Sterility—Arrival at Korosko—Twenty-six Days from Cairo The
Nubian Desert—Nature’s Pyramids—Volcanic Bombs—The
Stony Sea—The Camel’s Grave—The Crows of Moorahd—A
Delicious Draught—Rocks of the Desert—The perished Regiment
Arrival at the Nile—Distance from Korosko—Gazelles
of the Desert—Dryness of the Atmosphere—Arrival at Berber—
Halleem Effendi’s Garden—HaUeem gives Advice—The Nile
rising—Visit of the Ladies—The Pillars of Sand—The Governor’s
Friendship—Save me from my Friends . . Page 1—25.
CHAPTER IT.
The Cairo Dragoman Mahomet-—Mahomet forsakes his Pistols—
The Route to the Atbara—The Dry Bed of the River—The
Dome Palm—Preparation of the Fruit—Pools of the Atbara—
Collection of Birds—Charms of the Desert—Suffering of Men
andBeasts—Collodabad—Hippopotamus kills the Arab—Daring
Feat of the Fish-Eagle—Hippopotamus-shooting—Hippopotami
bagged—Delight of the Arabs—Fishing—Catch a Tartar—Lose
my Turtle Soup—Gazelle Shooting—The Speed of the Gazelle
—-Preparation of Water-skins—Tanning the Hides—Shoot a
Crocodile—The River comes down—The mighty Stream of the
Atbara—Change in the Season. . . . . . Page 26—54.