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Sad news — Dr. Brownell’s intioduction — We take leave of the Khartoumers . 79 
Farewell visits — Painful partings . ' 80 
Confusion on board — A description of the crew — The final start . . .81 
We arrive at the point — Missing soldiers — Hippopotami 82 
The Wallad il Meek — The “Kathleen” endangered — “Sons of Moses ” . .83 
The “ Hill of the Father of Dogs — Natives bathing — A collision . . .84 
Another disaster — The Doctors arrive — A. visit from the natives . . .85 
Ilellat il Donagla — Petherick goes out shooting — A good “ bag ” . . .86 
An agreeable change — I accompany my husband on a shooting excursion — Ali 
and his serhyeh 87 
Another start — The Island of the Bagaras — Beautiful scenery . . .88 
A stranger announced — Mons. Poncet joins our company 89 
Monsieur Poncet relates the sad fate of Baron Arnheim 90 
Death of Vaudet — Gallant conduct of Daoud 91 
We meet some B agar a Arabs — They wish Petherick to come to terms with 
them — The ambage .92 
The “ Lady of the Nile ” springs a leak — A glimpse of Mahommed Cheir’s 
dahahyeh 93 
Unsettled state of country — We are hailed by the Bagaras — They offer their 
services 94 
We fall in with slave boats — A horrible sight — The Shillook territory . . 95 
Description of a “ tookul ” — A razzia against the Shillooks . . . .96 
The slave trade — The ibis 97 
We anchor at Gourab il Aisch, or “ Bag of Grain ” — Panic-stricken negroes — 
Meet a boat from Gondokoro 98 
Giraffes — We reach the Daenab territory — A fearful hurricane . . .99 
Faki Mahommed, our favourite sailor — We proceed up the Sobat . . . 100 
Violent storms — Boats in sight 101 
A start at sunrise — Petherick holds a conference with the Shillooks . . 102 
The “ strangers’ due ” — Sailing down the White Nile — A prayer from the Koran 103 
Prospect of a long journey — I become alarmed at Petherick’s absence . . 104 
Petherick appears with new-made friends — A conference with the Jangaes . 105 
A description of “ round-robin” towing — We arrive at the Bahar il Gazal . 106 
Mutinous conduct — The Nouaer territory — A touching incident . . . 107 
We lose our pet sailor — Great consternation on board 108 
Poor Faki’s possessions — Heavy thunderstorms 109 
An enormous crocodile — A group of mosses .110 
A fight between my domestics — A meeting on the Nile Ill 
A medical consultation — “Blondin” — Petition for pardon .... 112 
“Ali the careless ” — We pass floating islands of herbage — Petherick and Carlo 
go out to shoot for a breakfast 113 
