Chapter VI

ANT-HILLS. — TRIBE OF THE NUÈHRS. — THE JENGÄHS. — KAWASS OR
SERJEANT MÀRIAN FROM MOUNT HABILA. — DESCRIPTION OF HIM. —
TOKULS OF THE JENGÄHS. — FIRST APPEARANCE OF GAZELLES. — THE
RIVER N’JIN-N’JIN. — WORSHIP OF TREES. — THE GALLAS OR STEPPES.
— BLACK COLOUR OF THE RIVER. — NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS. — THE
BITTERN AND IBIS. — “BAUDA” OR GNATS: THEIR DREADFUL STING. —
LIEUT. ABD-ELLIÀB’S CRUELTY TO HIS FEMALE SLAVE. — THE TOKRURI
OR PILGRIM. — CURIOUS SUPERSTITION WITH REGARD TO THESE MEN. —
MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF NUBA. — PAPYRUS ANTIQUUS OR GIGANTIC RUSH. —
GAZELLE RIVER. — DEAD FISH. — DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SNAKES. —
ARABIC SONGS AND FESTIVITY ON BOARD. — JENGÄHS SUPPOSED TO BE
WORSHIPPERS OF THE MOON: THEIR MANNER OF TATOOING. — STRIFE
BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. — ANTIPATHY OF THE FRENCH
ENGINEERS TO EACH OTHER. — LOCUSTS. — TORMENT OF THE GNATS:
THEIR VARIOUS SPECIES. — BARBARITY OF THE TURKS ON THE FORMER
EXPEDITION. — MARVELLOUS STORIES OF THE ARABS. — HATRED OF THE
NATIVES TO THE TURKS. 153

CHAPTER VII.

QUESTION OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE NILE. — KING OF THE SNAKES. —
OFFERINGS TO HIM BY THE ARABS. — KURDISTAN. — MÀRIAN’S AUTHORITY
OVER THE NEGROES. — THE TAILOR CAPTAIN AGAIN. — DHELLÈB-PALMS.
— WANTON DESTRUCTION BY THE CREW. — ELEPHANTS: WHITE BIRDS ON
THEIR BACKS. — POISON-TREES. — THE NATION OF THE KÈKS: CUSTOMS
AND DESCRIPTION OF THEM. — FLESH OF CAMELS AND GIRAFFES. —
MERISSA PREPARED FROM ABRÈ. — THIBAUT DISCOVERED TO BE AN OLD
ACQUAINTANCE. — RECOLLECTIONS OF GREECE. — WILD CUCUMBERS. —
FEÏZULLA CAPITAN’S DRINKING PROPENSITIES. 186

CHAPTER VIII.

ARNAUD’S IGNORANCE AND SELIM CAPITAN’S CUNNING. — HATRED OF THE
THREE FRENCHMEN TO EACH OTHER. — THE ENDERÀB TREE. — THE POISON
TREE HARMLESS. — REMARKS ON THE LAKES IN CONNEXION WITH THE
WHITE NILE. — THE WOOD OF THE AMBAK TREE. — FONDNESS OF THE ARABS
FOR NICK-NAMES. — THE AUTHOR DEFENDED FROM GNATS BY A CAT. —
INTERVIEW WITH A KÈK. — HUSSEÏN AGA’S DRINKING BOUTS WITH
FEÏZULLA CAPITAN. — DESCRIPTION OF A SUN-RISE. — VISIT OF THE
KÈKS. — SULIMAN KASHEF AND THE LOOKING-GLASS. 221

CHAPTER IX.

TURTLE-DOVES. — DESERTION OF BLACK SOLDIERS AND PURSUIT OF THEM.
— INTERVIEW WITH NATIVE WOMEN. — GIGANTIC STATURE OF THE KÈKS. —
THEIR PASSION FOR GLASS BEADS. — FEÏZULLA CAPITAN’S QUARREL WITH
A SUBALTERN OFFICER. — SYLVESTER’S EVE. — A “HAPPY NEW YEAR.” —
VILLAGE OF BONN. — WANT OF SHADE IN THE FORESTS. — CURIOUS
TATOOING AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES. — A WOMAN’S VILLAGE. —
MODESTY OF THE WOMEN. — MEAT BROTH. — REPORT OF HOSTILE
INTENTIONS OF NEGROES. — FRENCH EXPEDITION TO EGYPT UNDER
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 250

CHAPTER X.

SHEIKH DIM. — CLUBS OF THE KÈKS AND CAPS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIESTS. — RAPACITY OF THE CREW. —
TRIBUTARY LAKES. — HEIGHT OF THE SHORES. — THE TRIBE OF THE
BUNDURIÀLS. — DUSHÒÏL, THE KÈK, ON BOARD SELIM CAPITAN’S VESSEL.
— HIS SIMPLICITY. — TOBACCO PLANTATIONS. — THE GREAT SHEIKH OF
THE BUNDURIÀLS. — FISHING IMPLEMENTS OF THIS TRIBE. — THEIR
TOKULS, AND GIGANTIC SIZE OF THE MEN. — ANTELOPES OF THE ARIEL
SPECIES. — APATHY OF THE CREW, AND INDIFFERENCE AT THE LOSS OF
THEIR COMPANIONS. — PHILOSOPHY OF A NATIVE. — SINGULAR CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE FEATURES OF THE SHEIKHS AND THE OTHER NEGROES. —
NATION OF THE BOHRS. — THIBAUT’S BARTER. — REED-STRAW ON FIRE,
AND DANGER TO THE VESSELS. — FATALISM OF THE TURKS. — GREETING
OF THE NATIVES: THEIR SONG OF WELCOME. 285