CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXV.

Departure from Khartoum — We enter the "White Nile — Mirage and Landscape— The Consul returns — Progress — Loss of the Flag- Scenery of the Shores — Territory of the Hassaniyebs — Curious Conjugal Custom — Multitudes of Water Fowls — Increased Richness of Vegetation — Apes — Sunset on the White Nile — We reach the Kingdom of tho Shillook Negroes, 820 CHAPTER XXVI.

Morning — Magnificence of the Island Scenery — Birds and Hippopotami — Flight of the Natives — The Island of Aba — Signs of Population— A Band of Warriors — Tho Shekh and the Sultan— A Treaty of Peace — The Robe of Honor — Suspicions— We walk to the Village — Appearance of the Shillooks — 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 Land of the Lotus — Population of the Shillook Kingdom — The Turn ing Point — A Viow from the Mast-IIesd, 829 CHAPTER XXVII.

Explorations of the White Nile — Dr. Knoblecher's Voyage in 1849-50 — The Lands of the Shillooks and Dinkas— Intercourse with the Natives — Wild Elephants and Giraffes— The Sobat River— The Country of Marshes— The Gazelle Lake— The Nuehrs — Interview with the Chief of the Kyks — The Zhir Country — Land of the Baris — Tho Rapids Surmounted — Arrival at Logwek, in Lat. 4° 10' North -Panorama from Mt. Logwek — Sonrees of tho White Nile— Character of tho Bari Nation — Return of the Expedition — Fascination of the Nile, 845 CHAPTER XXVIII.

We leave the Islands of the Shillooks — Tropical Jungles — A Whim and its Consequences—Lairs of Wild Beasts — Arrival among the Ilassaniyehs — A Village — The Woman and the Sultan — A Dance of Salutation — My Arab Sailor — A Swarthy Cleopatra— Salutation of the Saint — Miraculous Fishing — Night View of a Hassaniyeh Village— Wad Shellayeb — A Shekh*s Residence — An Ebony Cherub — The Cook Attempts Suicide — Evening Landscape — The Natives and their Cattle — A Boyish Governor — We reach Khartoum at Midnight, .;.... 856 CHAPTER XXIX.

Tin- Departure of Abd-el Kader Bey — An Illuminated Picture — The Breakfast on the I -land — Horsemanship— The Pasha's Stories — Departure of Lattif Effendi's Expedition— A Night on the Sand — Abou-Sin, and his Shnkoree Warriors — Change in the Climate — Intense Heat and its Effects — Preparations for Returning— A Money Transaction — Farewell Visits — A Dinner with Royal Guests — Jolly King Dyaab — A Shillook Danoe — Reconciliation — Taking Leave of my Pets, . . . 8T2