276 INDEX.

Bashi-Bazouks and their prisoners, 257. Beads, fondness of the natives for, 93. Bedouins, the, prisoners, 14, 15.

Beer, made from dhurra, 96.

Beisa antelope, capture of a, 258.

Belgian doctor, the, 38. " Bellus," a camel, 20.

Berber, 12. Berthon boat, usefulness of the, 188.

Bey, Geera, civility of the, 234.

Birds, scarcity of, 28.

bright plumaged, 42, 233, 254.

Boa-constrictor shot, 214. Bogos country, the, 6, 247. Bogou, Khor, picturesqueness of, 239. Bokutan, Mount, 164. Bombashi, governor of Amedeb, 139. Bonne-bouche, a, 210.

Brewster, Mr., 10.

British India steamer, the, "Agra," 3. Budget of letters from home, a, 269.

Buffalo-hunting, 85, 99, loi, 108, 114, 147, 173, 192, 195, 204-206.

Bullets, conical versus spherical, 108.

c Cairo, 2, 272. Camels, 47, 132, 141, 153, 215, 236, 264.

Camel-drivers, 17, 24, 25, 56. Camel sheik demands baksheesh, 23.

saddle, a good, 149. Camp, 22.

death in, 31. breaks up, 61, 128. Camphor, the water-course, 258.

Capsules, claret, as jewellery, 98. Caravans, slave, 12.

Caravan, the, 24, 208.

Carcashi, Sheik Said, 138.

Cargo, a large, of ivory, 268.

Cassala, the town of, 52-54. Ceremony of making peace, 97, 120, 125, 229.

Cholera, the, 2, 8, 9. Church, the, on Mount Tchad Amba, 242.

Col. Gordon, 7, 11, 14. Compensation, nine thousand dollars, 14.

Consul's, the French, collection of animals, 269. Consul, appointed to Khartoum, 267.

appointed to Souakim, 267. Cook, Ali, the, 6, 128, 165. Country, the, 99, 159, 163, 189. Cows, 23.

Crocodiles, 79, 166, 206.

D Dama, Gazella, 25. Daoud, Suleiman, 6, 270. Darfour, 245. Daro Mai, a visit from Sheik, 97. Days, heat of, 30, 104, 227. Debbe, a small village on the Nile, 13. Dembelas villages, a visit to some, 20, 124.

Desert, vegetation in the, 23.

Devil's horseman, the, 256. Dews, heavy, 105, 134. Dhurra, staple article of food, 16.

beer made from, 96. Dhoum-Xms, 29, 44. Diary, extracts from, 202.

Dik-dik antelope, 77.

Doctor, the, 4-6. Doe mddrif shot, 203.

Dorcas, Gazella, 42. Doves, several varieties of, 42, 254. Dra's sad story, 252.

E Effendi, Achmed, palace of, 13, 14. Egyptian Government, the, 2, 13, 213. Soudan, the, 2, 13.

officials, II, 269.

tents, 22.

El Ayn, 257. El Belad, a visit from Sheik, 66.

Elephants, 62, 146, 173, 207, 238.

Elsen, M., 267.

Ellegua, the sand-storm at, 29.

English consuls, appointment of, 267.

En-noor, the servant, 216.

Equatorial lakes, the, 6.

Everlasting forest, the, 159.

Explorations, Capt. Gascoigne's, 124.