CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE DESERT RAILWAY, KHARTOUM AND 



OMDURMAN 13 



II. THE RIVER ESSENTIAL ALIKE TO MAN, 



BEAST AND BIRD ... 37 



III. THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE ... 50 



IV. CAMPING AND COLLECTING ... ... 65 



V. BIRDS 78 



VI. A DANCE, A SAND-STORM, AND A RARE 



BIRD 91 



APPENDIX A. LIST OF THE BIRDS COLLECTED 



AND OBSERVED ... ... 109 



APPENDIX B. LIST OF THE MAMMALS ... 113 



INDEX 11 5 



