CHAPTER XV

JOURNEY HOME--THE NILE--LORD KITCHENER

The well-forged link of Empire--Columbus discovers America--The Mayor cuts his hair--The pageant "America"-- Back at Osterley--The dahabyah _Herodotus_--Escape of Slatin Pasha--How a King and an Arab evaded orders--The Dervishes--Lord Kitchener pp. 346-368