CONTENTS CHAPTER I FAOB INTRODUCTORY' ------1 CHAPTER H PAST AGES OF CONQUEST ----11 CHAPTER III IN A LAND DESERTED -----34 CHAPTER IV SPOKI BY THE RIVER -----56 CHAPTER V WILD LIFE AMONGST BEASTIES ----88 CHAPTER VI THE ABYSSINIAN FRONTIER ----116 CHAPTER VII FROM DINDER, AND NILE TO NILE ---129 CHAPTER VIII MAN IN THE SUDAN -----147