Chapter XII

LANDING IN THE TERRITORY OF THE BAGHÀRAS: DESCRIPTION OF THEM:
THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE DINKAS, AND MARAUDING EXCURSIONS INTO
THE COUNTRY OF THIS TRIBE. — CURIOUS POSITION IN WHICH THE
LATTER TRIBE STAND. — MOUNT N’JEMATI: EXAMINATION OF IT. — A
SHRUB-ACACIA. — APPEARANCE OF ELEPHANTS AND LIONS. — GEOLOGICAL
DESCRIPTION OF THE MOUNTAINS. — MONKEYS APPEAR AGAIN. — MOHAMMED
ALI UNDER THE FORM OF AN HIPPOPOTAMUS. — ISLAND OF ABU. — THE
HASSARIES. — A HIPPOPOTAMUS KILLED BY SULIMAN KASHEF. — SHORES
OF THE NILE COMPARED TO THOSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. — EL AES. —
THE KABBABISH ARABS. — HEDJASI. — THE MOUNTAIN GROUP OF ARASKOLL.
— CONDUCT OF SULIMAN KASHEF TO A SHIEKH AND ARABS. — BEST WAY TO
TREAT THE TURKS. — THE DOWNS: THEIR NATURE. — INTELLIGENCE OF
THE DEATH OF SOLIMAN EFFENDI AND VAISSIÈRE. — APPROACH TO
KHARTÙM. — ARRIVAL, AND MEETING OF OUR AUTHOR WITH HIS BROTHER.
— CONCLUSION. 309

EXPEDITION
TO DISCOVER THE SOURCES
OF THE
WHITE NILE.
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