CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXV.

Departnre from Khartoinn—We enter th« White Nile—Mirage and Landscape—Tlie

Consul returns-Progress—^Loss of the Flag -Scenery of the Shores—Territory of

the Hassaniyebs—Curious Conjugal Custom—Multitudes of Water Fowls—Increas-

ed Kichnessof Vegetation—Apes—Sunset on the White Nile—We reach the King- dom of tho Shillook Negroes, 320

CHAPTER XXVL

Morning—Magnificence of the Island Scenery—Birds and Hippopotami-Flight of the

Natives—The Island of Aba—Signs of Population- A Band ofWarriors—Tho Shekh

and the Sultan—A Treaty of Peace—The Eobe of Honor—Suspicions—We walk to

the Village—Appearance of the Sliillooks-The Village—^The Sultan gives Audience —Women and Children—Ornaments of the Natives—My Watch—A Jar of Honey—

Suspicion and Alarm—^The Shillook and the Sultan's Black Wife—Character of the

Shillooks—The J^nd of the Lotus—Population of the Shillook Kingdom—The Turn

ing Point—A View from the Mast-Head, 829

CHAPTER XXVII.

Explorations of the White Nile—Dr. Knobleeher's Voyage in 1849-50—The Lands

of the Shillooks and Dinkas-Intercourse with the Natives—Wild Elephants and

Giraffes—The Sobat Eiver—The Country of Marshes—The Gazelle Lake—The Nuehrs—Interview with the Chief of the Kyks—The Zhir Country—Land of the

Baris—Tho Eapids Surmounted—Arrival at Logwek, in L«^ 4P lO' North—Panora- ma from Mt Logwek—Sources of the White Nile—Character of the Bari Nation—

Eeturn<^theExpedition—Fascination of the Nile, 846

CHAPTER XXVIIL

We leave the Islands of the Shillooks—Tropical Jungles—A Whim and its Conseqnen-

oes—Lairs of Wild Beasts—Arrival among the Hassaniyebs-A Vill^e—The Wo- man and the Sultan—A Dance of Salutation—My Arab Sailor—A Swarthy Cleopa-

tra—Salutation of the Saint—Miraculous Fishing—Night View of a Hassaniyeh Vil- lage—Wad Shdllayeh-A Shekh's Eesidence—An Ebony Cherub—The Cook At-

tempts Suicide—Evening Landscape-ZThe Natives and their Cattle—A Boyish Governor—We reach Khartoum at Midnight, . ^ . . . . 856

CHAPTER XXIX.

The Departnre of Abd-el Kader Bey—An Illuminated Picture—The Breakfast on the

Island—Horsemanship—The Pasha's Stories—Departure of Lattif Effendi's Expedi- tion—A Night on the Sand—Abou-Sin, and his Shukoree Warriors—Change In the

Climate—Intense Heat and its Effects—Preparations for Eetuming—A Money Transaction—Farewell Visits—A Dinner with Eoyal Guests—Jplly King Dyaab—

A Shillook Dance—Eeconciliation—Taking I^ave of my Pets, . . . 8T2