CONTENTS.

CHAP. VII.

Position of Mohammed Din.— Camels Stolen. —Ant Hills. — Chameleons. —

Animal Fraternity. — Uses of Tobacco. — Rosaries — Beads— Amulets. —

Blacks— Appearance and Opinions - - Page 119

CHAP. YHL

Effects of Exposure to the Sun. — Diseases of the Natives. — Tlieir Insensibility

to Pain.— Stoicism under Surgical Operations, — Mograbin Soldiers. — A

travelled Arab. — Tyi'anuy of Mehemct Ali. — Amulets. — Foreigners in Egypt.— Turkish Prejudice - - - - - 133

CHAP. IX.

Circassians and Georgians. — Dress of the Sheiks. —'.Turkish Etiquette. — Arab

Officers and Soldiers. — An Arab Regiment. — Black Soldiery - 155

CHAP. X.

Breaking up of the Camp. — INIarch into the Interior. — Nature of the Country. — Sheiks' Swords - - - - - - 1 68

CHAP. XL

March from Dabaab. — A Sham Fight. — Schaigies.— Sufferings from Heat and Thirst. — Choice of Camp.— Kassela-el-Lus. — Escape ofFemale Slaves. — Storm of Rain ---.-.. 199

CHAP. XII.

Gohr-el-Gash. — Dam across the great Golir.

:— Kassela-el-Lus.— Elephants. — Lion and Elephant Hunt. — Mohammed Din.— Murder of his Nephew and Friends. — Sheik Mussa resolves to starve himself — The Faki-el-Kcbir. — Faki Village. — Faki Plot. — NaiTow Escape - - - 213

CHAP. XIIL

Ravages of Wild Beasts. — Hills of Basa.— Native Tribes. — Chariff. — A Chasua and its consequences Singular Recover}-. — Supper Partv Female Slaves. — Turkish Jealousy. — Snakes. — Superstitions. — Ba?a. Origin of Tribes and Races. — INIiscries and Ennui of Camp Life - 231