CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PAGES The calumnies of critics— My female slave — Real object of my journey — Preliminary arrangements — General Stephenson's letter 1-7 CHAPTER I I START FOR KORDOFAN Engagement of guides — A neglected warning — Hasseena accompanies the party — Dervishes reported on the road — Nonarrival of Hogal — Dervishes sighted at Selima Wells . . 8-14 CHAPTER II BETRAYED BY GUIDES Different routes over the desert — A quarrel amongst the guides — Scouts sent out — Hassan convicted of error — Zigzagging in the desert — A council of war — Surprised by the dervishes — The fight— Taken prisoners . . . 15-28 CHAPTER III IN THE HANDS OF THE DERVISHES Conference of the Emirs Farag and Hamza— Halt for the night — Baggage looted by dervishes — The Emirs confiscate all treasure for the Beit-el-Mal — Cross-questioned on my letters— Called a Government spy — Tortured by dervish guards— Rescued by Hamza and reserved for Wad en Nejoumi .... 29-40