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CHAPTER XXV.

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Life at Dongola Building straw huts The town The

bazaar . . .... 258

CHAPTER XXVI.

Other amusements Ponies Dog-hunting Shooting D and his pelican Birds Fishing .... 267

CHAPTER XXVII.

Mails Post-office peculiarities Rumours Conflagrations . 274

CHAPTER XXVIII.

'The Lotus Boat-races Temple-digging Gymkhana meetings Panic among the natives Orders to quit

. . .279

CHAPTER XXIX.

We leave Dongola Abu Fatmeh Krooboys Getting down-

stream Egyptian athletics Wady Haifa . . . 288

CHAPTER XXX.

Down the river in dahabiehs Korosko Assouan Edfou

Assiut Cairo A disappointment Alexandria Home .301 f

Appendices

. . . . . . . . . 309