CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PACE 

 CAIRO — THE KHEDIVE "AT HOME" — THE PYRAMIDS — PETROS, 



OUR CONDUCTOR — SUEZ — OUR PROVISIONS— THE START FROM 

 SUEZ — ON BOARD THE DESSOOK — SOUAKIM — A USEFUL WEA- 

 PON — MASSOWAH — NATIVE FISHERMEN — PEARLS — OUR FIRST 

 ENCAMPMENT — ARTIFICIAL SHADE — "MY BATTERY" — "EN 

 ROUTE" — ON CAMEL-BACK — THE FIRST SHOT — AND MISS — 

 A NEW METHOD OF LOADING — PICK-A-BACK — THE RESULT — 

 ARREKEL BEY — WATER SUPPLY — OUR PARTY DIVIDES — A 

 VULTURE TRAP — BAGGAGE TRAIN — CONVICT LABOUR — A 

 TURKISH DINNER-PARTY — THE CORPS DE BALLET . . I 



CHAPTER H. 



OUR EQUIPMENT — TENTS AND BEDS — COMMISSARIAT — THE 

 KITCHEN — MULES, THEIR HABITS AND TREATMENT — CAMELS 

 — UP COUNTRY — MY FIRST BAG — SILVER CUPS — A WILD BOAR 

 — AILET — OUR ESCORT — THE FIRST OF THE JUNGLE — 

 SWEDISH MISSIONARIES — AN ABYSSINIAN " SPA "— A HOT 

 BATH— THE " RAINS " — THRASHING THE TENTS . . 20 



CHAPTER HI. 



GENERAL KIRKHAM — DIK-DIK — AN ABYSSINIAN HOUSE — A 

 SUCCESSFUL DODGE — EGYPTIAN OUTPOSTS — A PET SHEEP — 

 sportsman's PARADISE — lost IN A MIST — A "NASTY 

 cropper" — SAFE IN CAMP — DIGGING FOR PIGS — A LUCKY 

 SHOT — A SHOWER BATH 37 



