Chapter XXIV

Tidings of war—Two months’ hunting—Yolo antelopes—Reed-rats—
Habits of the Aulacodus—River-oysters—Soliman’s arrival—
Advancing season—Execution of a rebel—Return to Ghattas’s
Seriba—Disgusting population—Allagabo—Alarm of fire—Strange
evolutions of hartebeests—Nubian cattle-raids—Traitors among
the natives—Remains of Shol’s huts—Lepers and slaves—Ambiguous
slave-trading—Down the Gazelle—The Balæniceps again—Dying
hippopotamus—Invocation of saints—Disturbance at night—False
alarm—Taken in tow—The Mudir’s camp—Crowded boats—Confiscation
of slaves—Surprise in Fashoda—Slave-caravans on the bank—
Arrival in Khartoom—Telegram to Berlin—Seizure of my servants—
Remonstrance with the Pasha—Mortality in the fever season—
Tikkitikki’s death—Θάλαττα. θάλαττα. 443

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

(ENGRAVED BY J. D. COOPER.)

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King Munza in full dress _Frontispiece_

Remarkable head-dress of the Niam-niam 7

Knives, scimitars, trumbashes, and shield of the Niam-niam 10

Niam-niam warrior 11

Niam-niam warriors _to face_ 12

Clay pipes of the Niam-niam 14

Niam-niam dog 15

Niam-niam granary 20

Bamogee: or hut for the boys 21

Niam-niam handicraft 26

Munza’s residence _to face_ 63

Breed of cattle from the Maoggoo country 64

Goat of the Momvoo 69

King Munza dancing before his wives _to face_ 74

King Munza’s dish 79

Monbuttoo warriors 103

Monbuttoo woman 105

Weapons of the Monbuttoo 107

Spear-heads 111

Hatchet, spade, and adze, of the Monbuttoo 112

Wooden kettle-drum 113

Single seat used by the women 114

Seat-rest 115

Water-bottles 116

Bomby the Akka 130

Nsewue the Akka 134

Dinka pipe 146

View on the Keebaly, near Kubby _to face_ 158

A gallery-forest _to face_ 166

Mohammed defies his enemies _to face_ 177

Our daily life in camp _to face_ 194

Suspension-bridge over the Tondy _to face_ 244

Horns of Central African Eland 249

Golo woman 350

Corn-magazine of the Golo 352

Kredy hut 375

Interior of Kredy hut 376

“Karra,” the magic tuber 399

A Bongo concert 404

Slave-traders from Kordofan _to face_ 410

Babuckur slave 420

Slave at work 424

Hunting reed-rats 447

Far-el-boos. (_Aulacodus Swinderianus_) 449

Bongo village, near Geer _to face_ 461

SKETCH MAP
of
Dᴿ SCHWEINFURTH’S
ROUTES

1868-1871.

London. Sampson Low & Cᵒ. Lith. v. C. Korbgeweit, Berlin.
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THE HEART OF AFRICA.