xii CONTENTS

PAGE of Dervishes under the Khedive’s Flag — Charles Neufeld — The Austrian Sisters— Slatin Pasha in Camp—Good-bye to Omdurman—We strike on a Sandbank—Our Sleeping Arrangements—Failure of Attempts to move Gunboat—A Soldier Drowned— A.Dead Egyptian—We get off the Bank—Loss of my

Luggage—Cross goes to Hospital—Delays on Home-. ward Journey — Mohammedan Divorce Laws—A

Camel dies from the Bite of an Asp—A Good Dinner —From Alexandria to Marseilles—Announcement of

Cross’s Death—The Future of the Sudan . . 222

MAP AND PLANS

THE NILE FROM THE ATBARA TO KHARTUM Facing page 104

THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN (TWO PLANS) Facing page 202

PLAN OF OMDURMAN AND KHARTUM TO ILLUSTRATE

THE OPERATIONS OF THE GUNBOATS AND THE FRIENDLIES. . . . Facing page 214