Chapter VIII

NUÈHRS. — ORNAMENTS. — MANNERS OF THE WOMEN. — THE MEN. —
CURIOUS CUSTOM OF DRESSING THE HAIR, AND STAINING THEMSELVES.
— VISIT OF A CHIEF. — SPEARS USED INSTEAD OF KNIVES. —
SINGULAR WAY OF MAKING ATONEMENT, ETC. — WE HEAR ACCOUNTS OF
OUR BLACK DESERTERS. — BOWS AND QUIVERS SIMILAR TO THOSE
REPRESENTED IN THE HIEROGLYPHICS. — THE TURKS INDULGENT IN ONE
RESPECT. — MOUNT TICKEM OR MORRE. — TRACES OF ANIMAL-WORSHIP
AMONG THE NUÈHRS. — ARNAUD’S CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF A LAKE (AND
GASCONADES). — ADVICE TO FUTURE TRAVELLERS ON THE WHITE NILE.
— SWALLOWS. — MEANS OF DEFENCE AGAINST GNATS DISCOVERED. — THE
SHILLUKS AGAIN. — QUESTION OF THE CONTINUAL ALTERATIONS IN THE
APPEARANCE OF THE NILE. — GUINEA-FOWLS. — GIRAFFES. — BLACK
WASPS. — TURTLE-DOVES. — OUR AUTHOR CAUGHT IN A THORN-BUSH. —
FABLED LUXURIANCE OF THE PLANTS IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS. — VIEW
FROM A HILL. — MANNER OF CATCHING FISH AMONG THE NATIVES. — THE
SOBÀT RIVER. — THE INUNDATIONS OF THE NILE CONSIDERED. 203

CHAPTER IX.

ROYAL CRANES. — SCRUPLES OF FEÏZULLA-CAPITAN. — COMPOSITION OF
THE SHORES. — DESCRIPTION OF THE DHELLÈB-PALM AND ITS FRUIT. —
FORM OF EGYPTIAN PILLARS DERIVED FROM THIS TREE. — DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN EGYPTIAN AND GREEK ARCHITECTURE. — DESCRIPTION OF THE
SUNT-TREE. — DEATH OF AN ARABIAN SOLDIER. — VISIT OF A MEK OR
CHIEF. — DANGEROUS RENCONTRE WITH A LION ON SHORE. — PURSUIT OF
THIS BEAST BY THE AUTHOR AND SULIMAN KASHEF WITH HIS MEN. — FEAR
OF THE NATIVES AT THE TURKS. — PLUNDER OF THEIR TOKULS BY THE
CREW. — BREAD-CORN OF THE DINKAS. — ANTELOPE HUNT. — DIFFERENT
SPECIES OF THESE ANIMALS. — IMMENSE HERDS ON THE BANKS OF THE
WHITE NILE. — LIONS AGAIN. — BAD CONDITION OF THE VESSELS. 237

CHAPTER X.

VARIOUS SPECIES OF GRASSES. — FORMATION OF THE SHORES. —
WATER-FOWLS. — AN ANTELOPE OF THE TETE SPECIES, NOW AT BERLIN.
— STRATA OF THE SHORE. — THE SOBÀT RIVER: THE MAIN ROAD FOR THE
NATIVES FROM THE HIGHLANDS TO THE PLAINS. — OBSERVATIONS ON THE
COURSE OF THE NILE AND SOBÀT. — A THOUSAND ANTELOPES SEEN MOVING
TOGETHER! — WILD BUFFALOES, LIONS, AND HYÆNAS. — AFRICA, THE
CRADLE OF THE NEGRO RACE. — THE SHUDDER-EL-FAS: DESCRIPTION OF
THIS SHRUB. — ARNAUD’S CHARLATANRY. — OUR AUTHOR FEARED BY THE
FRENCHMEN. — ARNAUD AND SABATIER’S JOURNALS: THE MARVELLOUS
STORIES OF THE FORMER. — THIBAUT’S JEALOUSY. — VISIT OF A SHIEKH
OF THE SHILLUKS. — FEAR OF THE TURKS AT THESE PEOPLE. — SULIMAN
KASHEF PURSUED BY A LION. 257

CHAPTER XI.

THE SHILLUKS, A VITIATED PEOPLE. — CAUSE OF THE VIOLENT RAINS
IN INNER AFRICA. — REFUSAL OF THE SULTAN OF THE SHILLUKS TO
VISIT THE VESSELS. — DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES OF GRASS. —
BARTER WITH THE SHILLUKS. — CONQUEST OF THEIR COUNTRY NOT
DIFFICULT. — FORM OF THEIR BOATS. — AMBAK RAFTS. — IRON RARELY
FOUND AMONG THE EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. — WORSHIP OF TREES BY THE
SHILLUKS: THEIR RELIGIOUS RITES. — STARS IN THE SOUTHERN REGIONS
OF AFRICA. — SHILLUK WOMEN: THEIR DRESS. — REFUSAL OF THE MEN TO
SELL THEIR ARMS. — THE BAGHÀRAS: THEIR DRESS, ETC. —
RE-APPEARANCE OF THE ISLAND PARKS, AND MOUNT DEFAFAÙNGH. —
ASCENT OF THIS MOUNTAIN, AND FULL DESCRIPTION OF IT. — THE
DINKAS: THEIR LOVE FOR OLD CUSTOMS. — DESERTION OF TWO DINKA
SOLDIERS, AND REFUSAL OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN TO GIVE THEM UP. —
SHEIKHS SEIZED, AND DESERTERS RECOVERED. 280