viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PAGF- 

 A STRANGE " GET-UP " — AN UNLUCKY SHOT — CRANES — AN 



INSOLENT "CHICKER" — OUR COOLIES STRIKE — FLORICAN — 



SERVANT HUNTING— NIGHT MARCHING — FIRST SIGHT OF 



THE MAREB— " LONG LIE" — COPTIC CHURCH— A PEAL OF 



STONE BELLS — HIGHWAY ROBBERY — A CHASE— DOMESTIC 



QUARREL — LUGGAGE DIFFICULTIFS— A MOONLIGHT RACE . 55 



CHAPTER V. 



A GENERAL BATH— RELIGIOUS PROCESSION— THE GAME OF 

 GOUX— DINNER-PARTY IN A STABLE— ETIQUETTE — GRAM — 

 FRENCH LEAVE— HOSTILITIES— A PARLEY AND RECONCILIA- 

 TION — NATIVE BEER — A WHIRLWIND — CULTIVATION — ROADS 

 — FINE SCENERY — A TALISMAN — A FIANCEE — CAPTURE OF A 

 GUIDE — ROBBERS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT — THE CROPS — 

 CAMP ON THE MAREB — TOMATOS — LIONS — A NARROW ESCAPE 

 —SPEAR THROWING 75 



CHAPTER VI. 



A WART-HOG — " BRUNDO " BUTCHERING — AN "ETON BLUE" 

 BIRD — BABOONS — DESERTED VILLAGE— ROUGH WALKING — 

 THE ABYSSINIAN ADAM AND EVE — JEALOUSY — THE PRIESTS — 

 SAVAGE CUSTOMS — TAMARISK COVER — NATIVE SPORTSMEN — 

 DANCING AND SINGING — WANT OF A DOG — NEWS OF A LION 

 — RED POCKET-HANDKERCHIEFS AND THEIR EFFECT — " BOR- 

 ROWED PLUMES " — THE JUNGLE ON FIRE— WE STEER WEST — 

 " BLACKMAIL "—SUMMARY JUSTICE 94 



CHAPTER VII. 



A LONG MARCH — A NATIVE GARDEN— COOLIES AND THE WAY 

 TO TREAT THEM — MARKETS — A BATTLE-FIELD — COOL SHADE 

 — "THE FIRST POST " — SHIELDS AND SPEARS — JOHN — POTA- 



