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Anoiknt OoLii .A[iN-iN(; IN Till-; Sudan. I!^ S. C. Dunn liOT 



In Earliest Times— Thu Phienieiaiis — The Egyirtiiins — Turin Papyrus— Wealth of Ancient 

 Egypt — Foreign Domination in Egypt — (Jutic Inscriptions — Method of Mining — .Slave 

 Workers— The Gold Ore— Hewing— Pounding— Milling— Washing— Melting— Grades of 

 Gold — Old Workings — Means of Illumination — Quartz — Preliminary |}reaking — Circular 

 Grinding Mills — Washing Tal)lcs— Melting Pots — Slag — Caini>s— Wells — Buryuig Places — 

 Potsherds. 



Cult of Nyak.vm; and tuk Divink Kini:s hv rnv. Shilluk. \',\ ( '. G. Sulicmann ... 216 



Preliminary Remarks — Shilluk Country — Population — 



Shilluk Kings — 



Killing of the King ami Transmission of the Divine Sjiirit — 



Cult of Nyakang at his Cenota|ih Shrines — 



Cult of the Shilluk Kings at their Grave Shrines — 



Reverence for Trees — 



Apijearance of Shilhik Kings in .Vnimal Form — 



Concluding Remarks — 



Some Tribal Customs in tiihiii Kklation to the Medicine and .Mouals oi- TnE 

 Nyam-nyam and Gour Peoples inhabiting the Bahr-El-Ghazal. 1!v Captain 

 R, G. Anderson 239 



Introduction — Tribal Distribution — Nyam-nyam People — Gour People — Character and Type 

 Civilisation and Mohammedanism — Morality — PunLshment — Mutilation — Execution : iSy 

 Throttling, By the Knife, By the Spear, By Poison, By Fire — Ordeals — Flogging — Theoiy 

 of Disease — Doctors and their Cures: Salt Cure, Sucking Cure, E.xti-action of Foreign 

 Bodies, Tying Cure, Scarring, Cupping, Heat C!ure, Spitting, Whistling Cure -Oracular 

 Rites: Benga Rite, Devil-dancing, Divination, Divining Board, Other Means of Divination 

 — Evil Spirits : Sahar or Zarr, Blood-brotherhood, Casting out Devils, Sacrifices — Chai'ms : 

 Medico-Magical Charms, Attractive Charms, Whistle Charms, " Gun Medicine," Mourning 

 Charms, Lightning Charms — Maladies : Fever, Chest Complaints, Eye Diseases, Chigger, 

 Guinea- Worm, Snake Bites and Scorpion Stings, Stomach Complaints, Venereal Disease, 

 Headache, Sun-stroke, Mental Disease, Skin Disease, Leprosy, Deformities, Elephantiasis — 

 Drugs — Arrow Poisons — Surgery: Circumcision, Tribal Cosmetic Operations — Extraction 

 and ^lutilation of Teeth — Tribal Markings (Scar Tattooing) : Spurious Face ilarkings, 

 Lip Perforation, Nose and Ear Perforation — ilinor Surgery : Wounds and IHcers, Fractures, 

 Foreign Bodies, Surgical Instruments and Appliances — Personal Hygiene — Cannibalism — 

 Birth — Death — Conclusion. 



Some .Municipal En(;ineerino Problems in the Tropics. By W. H. McLean and 



G. E. Hunt 279 



Introduction — Meteorological Conditions. 



Town Planning — Old Khartoum — New Khartoum— Future Development. 



Streets and Open Spaces — Streets — Rain Water 1 )rainage— Tramways-- Open Spaces— Trees. 



Buildings — Types of Houses. 



Water-supply — Distribution — Wells Irrigation. 



Salutation — Waste Water Dispo.sal : Irrigation, Pei-colation Pits, Waste Water Pits— Latrines 

 and L'rinals — Conservancy. 



Town Building Eegidations — Contents— Preliminary : Title, Scope, Interpretation, Classifica- 

 tion of Land— General Regulatii)ns— Si)ecial Itc.gulation.s— Building Petition Drawings 

 Lodged \\-ith Municipal Authority— Contra ventiim of Regulations- Dilapidated or 

 Neglected Buildings. 



Index 313 



