CONTENTS.

PAGE CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY—REVIEW OF THE FIELD, . . . ; I

CHAPTER II.

DAYS OF WAITING AND PREPARATION, . ; . ; 14

CHAPTER III.

MUSTERING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF MAHDISM, Loe) wat

CHAPTER IV.

By THE WAY—FROM CaikO TO DAKHALA, ; ; - 45

CHAPTER V.

DAKHALA CAMP: GOSSIP AND DUTY, ; ; ; ; 63

CHAPTER VI.

MARCHING IN THE SOUDAN—FROM DAKHALA TO WAD HABESHI, 75

CHAPTER VII.

WITH THE ARMY IN THE FIELD—WAD HAMID TO EL HEJIR, 92