We left Berber in the evening, and about two hours after sunset of the following day reached the junction of the Nile and Atbara. The latter presented a curious appearance. In no place was it less than four hundred yards…
On arrival at the grassy plain at the foot of the mountain there was a crowd of the trader’s ruffians quarrelling for the shale of a few large trees that grew on the banks of the stream. We accordingly dismounted,…
I had quite determined that these scoundrels should not rob me of my own arms and ammunition, if I could prevent it. The drum beat, and the vakeel himself went into the men’s quarters and endeavored to prevail upon them…
I had a long examination of Wani, the guide and interpreter, respecting the country of Magungo. Loggo, the Bari interpreter, always described Magungo as being on a large river, and I concluded that it must be the Asua; but upon…
The Turkish officials pretended to discountenance slavery; at the same time every house in Khartoum was full of slaves, and the Egyptian officers had been in the habit of receiving a portion of their pay in slaves, precisely as the…
Thus disarmed, they immediately joined other of the traders’ parties. These fifteen men were the “Jalyns” of my party, the remainder being Dongolowas–all Arabs of the Nile, north of Khartoum. The Dongolowas had not appeared when summoned by the drum,…
The reverend Faky, who may have died of typhus, is wrapped in cloths and packed in a mat. In this form he is transported, perhaps some hundred miles, slung upon a camel, with the thermometer above 130 degrees Fah. in…
Upon arrival at the dead elephant we followed the tracks of that wounded by the “Baby.””,”On the following morning we started, and upon arrival at the dead elephant we followed the tracks of that wounded by the “Baby.” The blood…
In a few minutes the aggageers arrived. They were bleeding from countless scratches, as, although naked with the exception of short drawers, they had forced their way on horseback through the thorny path cleft by the herd in rushing through…
After a few days’ march we reached Latome, a large Latooka town, and upon our near approach we discovered crowds collected under two enormous trees. Presently guns fired, drums beat, and we perceived the Turkish flags leading a crowd of…