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CHAPTER XVI. 
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Gondokoro to Khartoom, from 26th February till 30th March 1863 
— Leave Gondokoro by boat — The Shir country— Austrian mission - 
station at Kitch — The rivers Bahr-el-Ghazal, Bahr-Giraffe, and 
Sobat— The Shillook country — Banks of the Nile — Arab settlement 
of El Eis — Entry into civilised country — Arrival at Khartoom, . 374 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Khartoom, from 30th March till 15th April 1863— The Blue Nile- 
Natural products — Ali Bey — Khartoom a cantonment for troops 
— Its bazaars and manufactures — The Coptic church — The Austrian 
mission-house — Egyptian remains — Departure by boat for Berber, 401 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Khartoom to Cairo — The Gherri pass— Ruins at Scendi — The Pyramids 
and ruins of Meroe — The river Atbara — The town of Berber — Scenes 
across the desert — The village of Aboo Ahmed — The false sea, or 
Bahr Belama — Natron wells — Extraordinary natural tunnel — Ko- 
rosko — Cairo — England, . . . . 420 
MAP of the ROUTE of CAPTAINS SPEKE and GRAOT across 
AFRICA, from Zanzibar to the Mediterranean, — in a Pocket in 
Cover of the Volume. 
M'GANDA WARRIOR SALUTING— on the Cover of the Volume. 
