Sheik Hassan bel Kader, chief of Soft,"
cured of fever, by Sir S. Baker, 164 i
celebrated hippopotamus hunter, 234.
■Sheik Jemma, chief of Gallabat, illness
of, from impure water, 507 ; a
: Tokroori, ib. ; his coldness on reading
the firman, reasons for, ib. ; requests
goat’s milk, ib. ; promises to assist in
procuring fresh camels and men,
508 ; way in which he became sheik,
by help of Theodore, king of Abyssinia,
ib. ; declared by Theodore,
sheik over all Tokrooris, 509.
Sheik Moosa, of the Haddendowas, imprisonment
of, 75.
Sherrem, large village on the Eahad,
meeting of the men with their families
at, 526 ; rest at, for two days, ib.
Sherif el Ibrahim, large village, excursion
to, 244 ; productiveness of land
near, ib.
'Sherrifs, four famous brothers, Hamran
hunters, accompany the hunting expedition,
282, 355,
Sherrif, Eoder, one of four famous
brother hunters, maimed condition
of, 282 ; feats of, 359 etseq., 437.
Sherrif, Taher, one of four famous
brother hunters, feats of, 359, 362,
433, et seq.
Shields, Arab, made of giraffe and
rhinoceros skins, 168.
Shoes, necessity for strong, on account
of the thorny grass, 182 ; pair of
Highland shooting, of great value,
242.
JShookeriyahs, one of the most powerful
tribes of Upper Egypt, from which
Sheik AbouSinn descended, 115.
Signor Georgis, Greek army doctor, at
Cassala, his kindness to Sir S.
Baker, 70.
Silk,vegetable,gigantea procured from Asclepias plant, 30.
Simoom in Nubian desert, 7 ; damage
done by, 17, 54.
' Slaves, obtained by plunder of the Basé
country, 81 ; Masara or Sarah, one
hired at Sofi, 214 ; purchase of
Barraké, 274 ; considered necessary
by Arab women, 125 ; .inhabitants of
Kordofan prized as, 273 ; proprietor’s
care of, 274 ; beauty of those brought
from Galla, 516.
Soapmaking, 424 ; lime necessary for,
how obtained, 424 y fruit of hegleek
tree used by Arabs as, 368.
Sofi, arrival at, 142; description of,
144; residence at, during rainy
season, 152 et seq. ; permanent camp
bought at, 148 ; description of an
“ eligible freehold” within a minute’s
walk of, 149 ;»German settler met
at, 142 ; extracts from journal, descriptive
of life at, 175 etseq. ; laws
of, 181; resolve to leave, 204.
Soojalup, first watering place on the
route to Cassala, arrival at, 62;
description of country round, ib. ;
contrivance for watering cattle at,
63; Ariel (Gazelle Da/ma) first seen
* at, 63 ; jungles round, swarming
with guinea fowl, ib.; departure
from, 64.
Soorit (see-Acacia Arabica), 529.
Souakim, route to Cassala by way of,
72 ; present uncertainty of steamers
arriving at, ib. ; merchants afraid of
delay and high warehouse charges
at, 73 ; value of direct steam communication
between, and Suez, 273.
Soudan, exports of, 73, 74,- 562 ; principal
towns of, 74 ; annexation of, to
Egypt, necessary, 75 ; fertility of,
77 ; cheapness of grain in, ib.; governor
general of, orders Mek Nim-
mur’s territory to be invaded, 444 ;
Egyptian troops in, 560 ; aspect of
wretchedness, 562.
Spar, immense quantities of beautiful,
on the hills, on the route from Om-
brega, 450.
Spinach, wild, 175.
StHalakminag),, wild asses, 55; Ariel (O. 86 ; antelopes, 64; nellut (BAu.b alSitsr)e,psiceros), 377 ; tetel (A. 218, 308; giraffes, 188, 194
(see Hunting).
Storks, curious hunting party met, of
common black and white, 547.
Sulieman, one of the aggageers (sword-
hunters) of the party, 296.
Sunstroke, slight attack of, Bacheet, on
the march from Eataan-to Khartoum,
553.
Swords, principal weapon used by aggageers,
167 ; value of, to Arabs, 169 ;
description of, 170; manner of hunting
with, 171 ; danger of, to the
hunter himself, 174 ; -elephant killed
by one, when shot failed, 327.
Sycamore (Ficus sycamorus), tempting
shade of, 502.
Syphilis, common throughout the
country, 166.
Syringe, necessity of, to the traveller,
541.
T.
T a c c a z z y , Abyssinian name for Settite
river, 138.
Taher Noor, game-tracker accompanying
the hunting expedition, 288, 296.
Taka country, situation of, 59 ; picturesqueness
of, 72 ; productions of,
73»
Tamarind trees, baboons occupying,
177; bivouac under, at Ombréga, 444.
Tarpaulin, necessity of, to travellers,
541.
Tarboosh (cap) presented to one of Mek
Nimmur’s men, 447.
Tatham, all fire-arms with the name,
burst, 461.
Taxes, equal on rich and poor districts,
3 ; bad effect of, in preventing cultivation
of land, 76 ; injustice of tax-
collectors, ib. ; paid by Tokrooris to
the King of Abyssinia, 507, 509 :
onerous, on the water-wheel of the
Nile, 562.
Temperature, of the different spots
visited, 561 ; in the desert, 5, 6, 17.
Temples, ruins of, on the banks of the
. Nile, 3.
Tetch, intoxicating drink of the Arabs,
513.
Tétel, species of antelope, hide of,
valuable as leather, 181; shooting,
192, 198 ; men and cargo floated
across the riven by means of the
waterproof skin of a, 200 ; bull killed
by Abou Do, the aggageer, 308.
Tétel, name, of trained hunter purchased
by Sir S. Baker, 242 ; brave
advance of, in face of a lion, 422.
Theodore, King of Abyssinia, advantages
to, of Mek Nimmur’s frontier
■ warfare, 279 ; friendship of, with
Mek Nimmur, 280, 444 ; dislike of,
to missionaries, 504 ; grants permission
to the Tokrooris to settle in his
country, 509 ; places Sheik Jemma
in power, in opposition to Egyptian
government, 508 et seq. ; quarrels
with Moosa Pasha, and is threatened
by him, 559 et seq.
Thorns, caused by grass drying, suffering
from, 236 ; kittar bush, 103 ;
name “ mother of the thorn,” 301.
Thunder, first time heard in Africa, 60,
effects of a storm of, 92 ; halt caused
by, 104 et seq.
Tick, insect inhabiting sand and dust,
' supposed connexion of, with the
Egyptian plague of lice, 122.
Till, rivulet, tributary of Atbara, exhaustion
of, by the fall of the Atbara,
and retirement of fish from, 211 ;
source of, 245.
Tobacco, sowing of, 236 ; plantations
of, 376 ; production of, on the banks
of the Eahad, 524.
Toganai, camp for a night at, 499 ;
evening scene, last view of Atbara
river from, ib. ; start from, 501.
Tokrooris, tribe of Mahometan negroes,
six servants engaged, to accompany
Sir S. Baker’s hunting expedition,
274 ; start with him, 296 ; seized
with panic, desire to desert,348 etseq. ;
checkmated by Sir S. Baker, 352 ;
country inhabited exclusively by,
497 ; wonder of some, on hearing of
the exploits in the Basé country,
498 ; natives of Darfur, 509 ; appearance
of, 509, 511 ; taxes paicL by,
507 ; industry of, 510 ; weapons of,
511 ; bad as servants, 510 ; how
settled at Gallabat, 509 ; cotton produced
by, 511 ; women of the tribe, ib. ; much might be done for improvement
of, 512 ; permission gran ted
to, by Theodore, to settle in his territory,
509 ; farewell entertainment
given to, 513 ; Sir S. Baker parts
with the servants, 517 ; unprovoked
insolence of natives of a Tokroori
village, 518 et seq. ; a fight with, ib.
Tomât, head-quarters of Atalan Wat
Said, interesting appearance of, 136.
Tool-box, contents of, necessary to a
traveller, 247.
Tracking of elephants, 288 et seq.,
304, 320 et seq. ; of rhinoceros, 405 ;
of lions, 414 ; of elephants, 433.
Travelling, hints for comfort in, 539 et seq. ; articles useful for, in tropical
climates, 541.
Turtle, struggle with a, while fishing
in Atbara pool, 45 ; appearance of,
in water, 46 ; guitar made of shell,
203'; omelette made of eggs of, 374 :
soup of, ib.
Turkish soldiers procured as escorts
at'Berber, 25.
Tusks, absence of, in Ceylon elephants,
530 ; difficult to obtain an exact pair
of, 533.
U.
U m b r e l l a s (carriage), description of,
necessary for travelling, 540.
y.
“ V a l l e y of dry bones” at Moorâhd, 10.
Vegetables, wild, great abundance of,
226.
Vogel, Dr. search for, by Herr Von
Heuglin, 543.
Volcanic bombs, resembling cannon shot,
in the Nubian desert, 6, 7.
Volcanic hills in Nubian desert, 6.
Vultures, sudden descent of, 88 ; question,
whether attracted by vision or
smell, 492 ; different species of, 493 ;
interesting experiments in watching,
493 et seq.