-Will Contents.

— Tail) Bey — Difficulties — Sixty irregular Arab soldiers —

Eniin Bey departs . . . . . . . .IS"

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE COXQUKST OK THE SHILI.UKS.

The (touqiiest of the Shilluks — Granaries of tlie Soudan — Capital

of the Sliilluks — Mohammed Her — Mussa Pasha — Ex-

pedition of the Arab merchants — Defeat of the Sliilluks — Trade in slaves — Epidemic at Khartoum — Capture of

twenty tliousand slaves — The Aral)s imprisoned '. 1 'Ji"

CHAPTER XXV.

SLAVE-IJU.\LIN(i GOVEKXOIW.

Arrival at (iaba-Sliambe — Slave-dealers — Steamers — Libera-

tion of one hunilrod and seventy slaves — Ibrahim Fauzi Bey — Gaba-Shambi- — Want of bearers — Empty magazine — Harif — Agricultural colony of Rejaf — Surra Etfendi — Arrival at Lado — Dismissal of Ibrahim Fauzi Bey — Diffi-

culty of finding troojjs at Lado — Dearth of provisions — Hippopotamus killi!il — Mangrios Effi?ndi — The Sultan's liorse . '. 200 CHAPTER XXVI.

FATH;UIXG MAKCHES.

Laoo — The Dinkas and the Kits — Tiiree men drowned — Agar —

Knmbek — Tin- Atots — European slave-dealers — Obstruc-

tion on the Xilc 209

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE .1EL.VI5UA.

^fy baggage — Dokumeseie — Sultan Uanda — The great river to

the .south of Bagangoi — Indian elepliants — O.x-carts — Trained bulls — Ziber Pasha— Tiie jelabba — The com-

mercial future — The scribe — Leopard in the camp — Athanassiade's .slave — Dragomans killed — The Englisli mission — Mason's voyage on the ^Iwatan — Zige — Arrival of new troops — The post delayed 215

CHAPTER XXVIIL

THE MOVE.MEXTS OK SULEIMAN.

Arrival of the post — Enormous difficulties — Emin believes

victory impcssible —Suleiman advances — Treachery — A