xil CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIII 



Feom Maifoni to Ktjkawa 



Maidugarl market — Survey-work along the road — The land of wells — "Maifoni' 

 makes his bow— Children of Noah — Arrival at Kukawa — The completion of the . 

 map Pp. 263-280 



CHAPTER XIV 



The Shehu of Kukawa 



A string of his prisoners — The story of Kiari — The Shehu's palace — My visit 

 to him — His treasure-house — Photographer by Royal appointment — The 

 sacrifice Pp. 281-295 



CHAPTER XV 



From Kukawa. to Kaddai 



Our trade — Our camp by the market — The Harmattan wind — Arrival at Kowa^The 

 Kanembus — Their methods of hunting — The Maiobush — Water-finding — Evening 

 by the lake-side — The camp fire — Dumbornu's practical joke — Arrival in 

 camp Pp. 296-315 



CHAPTER XVI 



OuK First Voyage on Lake Chad 



The native soldier— Gosling's collection of fish — Description of the Lake — " The 

 beautiful things which are not " ; the sober reality — We try to find a passage to 

 the south — Hardships — The mysterious Budumas, their canoes and fishing — The 

 first night on the Lake — Mosquitoes and flies — Sight of land — Buduma cattle. 



huts — A diet of rats — Jonah goes overboard — Failure to find a passage A 



fishing-fleet — Return to the Yo mouth Pp. 316-334 



CHAPTER XVn 



Christmas in Camp at Kaddai 



Mapping the western shore-line — The Dorcas gazelle— The Lake makes a night 



attack — The Expedition reunites — Making soldiers— The bathing parade Other 



members of the Expedition — The Kanembu shepherd-boy Preparations for 



Christmas : presents, the feast and concert — Talbot leaves for England Gosling's 



hunting trip — He bags an elephant — " Rabeh," the bush kitten Collecting 



oxen — The rascally King of Gashagar ; his starving victim in the stocks 1 catch 



a thief — A reprimand — At Maifoni again — I am fined £5 . . Pp, 335-358 



