Chapter I: Front Matter

Hillmandel & Walton Lithographers.

Richard Bentley New Burlington Street, 1849.]

EXPEDITION
TO DISCOVER THE SOURCES OF
THE WHITE NILE,
IN THE YEARS
1840, 1841.

BY FERDINAND WERNE.

From the German,
BY CHARLES WILLIAM O’REILLY.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
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1849.

CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
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CHAPTER I.

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SLEEPING TOKULS OR BARNS. — CRUELTY AND LICENTIOUSNESS OF THE
TURKS. — ARNAUD AND SELIM CAPITAN’S FEAR OF THE NATIVES. —
NEGROES SHOT BY THE TURKS. — CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES. — RED MEN.
— ARNAUD’S MADNESS. — FEAR OF THE NEGROES AT FIRE-ARMS. — VISIT
OF A CHIEF AND HIS SON. — TOBACCO AND SHEEP. — MOUNT KORÈK. —
NATION OF BARI. — VISIT OF THE BROTHER AND SON-IN-LAW OF THE
KING. — CHAIN OF MOUNTAINS. 1

CHAPTER II.

RECEPTION OF ENVOYS FROM KING LÀKONO. — DESCRIPTION OF THEM.
— RELIGION OF THE BARIS: THEIR ARMS AND ORNAMENTS. — PANIC
CREATED AMONG THE NATIVES AT THE EXPLOSION OF CANNON. — LIVELY
SCENE ON SHORE. — COLOURED WOMEN. — ARRIVAL OF KING LÀKONO AND
SUITE. — HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE COMMANDERS: HIS DRESS. — THE
NATIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF BARI. — PRESENTS TO KING
LÀKONO, AND HIS DEPARTURE. 26

CHAPTER III.

MIMOSAS AND TAMARIND-TREES. — DIFFERENT SPECIES. — DURRA AND
CREEPING BEANS. — RELIGION OF THE ETHIOPIANS. — SECOND VISIT
OF LÀKONO. — THE CROWN-PRINCE TSHOBÈ. — PARTICULARS OF THE
COUNTRIES OF BARI AND BERRI. — DESCRIPTION OF LÀKONO’S
FAVOURITE SULTANA. — MOUNTAINS IN THE VICINITY OF BARI: THEIR
FORM AND DISTANCE. — ISLAND OF TSHÀNKER. — REMARKS ON LÀKONO’S
LEGISLATION AND CONDUCT. — THE NJAM-NJAM, OR CANNIBALS. —
CUSTOMS AND ARMS OF THE NATIVES. — THE TROPICAL RAINS. 50

CHAPTER IV.

KING LÀKONO’S PRIDE. — BEER KNOWN TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. —
BAR OF ROCKS. — WAR-DANCE OF THE NATIVES. — DETERMINATION OF
THE TURKS TO RETURN, AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE AUTHOR. —
COMMENCEMENT OF THE RETURN VOYAGE. — REPUBLICANS IN THE KINGDOM
OF BARI. — VISIT OF THE FRENCHMEN TO MOUNT KORÈK. — REASON OF
THE AUTHOR’S AVERSION TO ARNAUD. — CONDUCT OF VAISSIÈRE, AND
SCENE IN HIS DIVAN. — CULTIVATION OF COTTON AT BARI. — APATHY
OF FEÏZULLA-CAPITAN AND THE CREW. — SUPERIORITY OF MAN TO WOMAN
IN A NATIVE STATE. — WATCH-HOUSES. 76

CHAPTER V.

RIVER BUFFALOES. — COMICAL APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES. — WILLOWS.
— SPECIES OF STRAND-SNIPES. — MODESTY OF THE WOMEN, AND THEIR
APRONS. — THE LIÈNNS. — ORNAMENTS OF THIS TRIBE: THEIR TOKULS.
— THE SERIBA OR ENCLOSURE TO THE HUTS. — ENORMOUS ELEPHANT’S
TOOTH. — LUXURIANCE OF THE SOIL. — THE COUNTRY OF BAMBER. —
DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIVES. — MANNER OF CATCHING ELEPHANTS. —
ROYAL CRANES. — SPLENDID BARTER. — TRIBE OF THE BUKOS. —
STOICISM OF AN OLD NATIVE. — SLAVES. — HIPPOPOTAMI AND
CROCODILES. — THE TSHIÈRRS. — THE ELLIÀBS AND BÒHRS. —
DESCRIPTION OF THE FORMER TRIBE: THEIR WAR-DANCE. 102

CHAPTER VI.

EXAMINATION OF AN ARM OF THE NILE. — FORESTS ON THE BANKS. —
PRICE OFFERED IN ENGLAND FOR A LIVE HIPPOPOTAMUS. — THESE
ANIMALS RARELY MET WITH IN EGYPT. — THE LIÈNNS. — ROPES MADE
FROM THE LEAVES OF THE DOME-PALM. — UÈKA. — CHARACTER AND
DESCRIPTION OF THE LIÈNNS. — THE EMEDDI-TREE. — DÖBKER-TREE.
— COTTON-TREES. — THE TSHIÈRRS. — TRIBES OF THE BODSHOS AND
KARBORAHS. — LABYRINTHS OF THE WHITE STREAM. — BARTER WITH THE
KARBORÀHS: THEIR DRESS, ARMS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. — MOUNT NERKANJIN.
— ISLAND OF TUI. — THE KOKIS. — CONTEST WITH HIPPOPOTAMI. —
CROCODILES’ EGGS. — HOSTILITY OF THE TSHIÈRRS TO THE ELLIÀBS.
— EBONY CLUBS. — THE BÒHRS: THEIR SONGS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. —
ANT-HILLS. — “IRG-EL-MOJE” OR WATER-ROOT, A SPECIES OF
VEGETABLE. — VETCHES. — THE ANDURÀB OR ENDERÀB-TREE. — THE
DAKUIN-TREE. — A SOLDIER STABBED BY A NATIVE. — ANTIQUITY
OF DUNG-FIRES. 133

CHAPTER VII.

THE BÒHR “JOI”: HIS TREATMENT ON BOARD THE VESSEL: HIS ESCAPE.
— WOMEN’S VILLAGE. — FELT CAPS. — SONGS OF THE BÒHRS. — TUBERS
SIMILAR TO POTATOES. — THE BUNDURIÀLS. — THE TUTUIS AND KÈKS.
— AN ELEPHANT ATTACKED AND KILLED. — TASTE OF THE FLESH OF THIS
ANIMAL. — CHEATING OF THE NATIVES IN BARTER. — WINTER TOKULS OR
WOMEN’S HUTS. — MANNER OF MAKING A BURMA OR COOKING-VESSEL. —
“BAUDA” AGAIN. — FEÏZULLA-CAPITAN’S INDUSTRY IN SEWING. — THE
KÈKS LIVE BY FISHING. — DESCRIPTION OF THE WOMEN. — SERIOUS
ACCIDENT TO THE VESSEL. — OSTRICHES AND APES. — FOGS ON THE
WHITE STREAM. — WATCH-TOWERS. — SALE SHOOTS A GIGANTIC CRANE:
IS PUNISHED. — THE NUÈHRS. 169