Nile River
Governor of Dongola — Embarkation of camels — Well in the 42 desert — Camel drivers — Iron fragments — Effects of cold on the Bedouins — An Arab superstition — Verdure on the banks of the Nile — Pastoral scene
Governor of Dongola — Embarkation of camels — Well in the 42 desert — Camel drivers — Iron fragments — Effects of cold on the Bedouins — An Arab superstition — Verdure on the ba...
5. CHAPTER V.6. CHAPTER VI.Khartoum — Introduction to the Governor, Latiffe Pasha — His 82 extreme civility — The Regent’s Park Hippopotamus — Europeans settled at Khartoum — Interior of the desert — Coll...
7. CHAPTER VII.The illustrious strangers — Something about costume — Houses 103 at Khartoum — Mahometans, Christians, and Jews — Trade and Commerce — Scheme for colonizing the White Nile, lati...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Visit from the Governor — Catholic mission and school — A 116 Colonel of Cavalry — Our grand banquet given to Latiffe Pasha, and Ali Bey Hassib — Turkish custom of dressing the...
9. CHAPTER IX.10. CHAPTER X.Romance of Oriental life — Summary justice and Latiffe Pasha 146 — His despotism — Hatred of Europeans — A box on the ear — Visit to the hareem of Ah Bey Hassib — Juvenile costu...
11. CHAPTER XI.Prejudices of Nubian parents — Egyptian youths sent for 161 education to Paris and London — Unsatisfactory result — Story of a Perversion — Its tragic end — Jealousy of the Egyp...
12. CHAPTER XII.13. CHAPTER XIV.14. CHAPTER XV.Extreme cold — Milanese Refugees in the desert — A camel 215 lost — An extraordinary day — Arab merchants — Making up a small parcel — Rain in the desert — The mirage — First ra...
15. CHAPTER XVI.16. CHAPTER XVII.Tombs at Benihassan — Boat aground — Cairo — The Esbekya — 253 Abbas Pasha and the Porte — The Census — Cairene ladies — Their evening parties — Palaces of the Pasha — The Overl...
17. CHAPTER XVIII.Barrage — Cotton-boats on the Nile — The bazaars at Atfeh 277 — Interior of a coffee shop — Villages on the banks of the Mahmoudieh Canal — Nile locomotion — Illuminations — An...
18. CHAPTER XIX.19. CHAPTER I.The bargain for conveying us across the desert had already been struck, and we had arranged everything to start at day-break; but the camels had not arrived when it wanted but a...
20. CHAPTER II.Our mode of living in the desert possessed features that require to be given more in detail than has yet been attempted. At four o’clock in the morning a slight stir might be he...
21. CHAPTER III.Our sixth day was the most cloudy we had had since leaving Cairo. On, however, we proceeded; on our way observing some fine scenery—a remarkable feature of which appeared in the...
22. CHAPTER IV.Governor of Dongola — Embarkation of camels — Well in the desert — Camel drivers — Iron fragments — Effect of cold on the Bedouins — An Arab superstition — Verdure on the banks...
23. CHAPTER V.The next morning we were again in full march upon Gebel Berkel, which is a hill with a flat summit, rising perpendicularly from the plain on one side—with its upright face of ba...
24. CHAPTER VI.Khartoum — Introduction to the Governor, Latiffe Pacha — His extreme civility — The Regent’s Park Hippopotamus — Europeans settled at Khartoum — Interior of the desert — Collect...
25. CHAPTER VII.The illustrious strangers — Something about costume — Houses at Khartoum — Mahometans, Christians, and Jews — Trade and Commerce — Scheme for colonizing the White Nile, latitude...
26. CHAPTER VIII.Visit from the Governor — Catholic mission and school — A Colonel of Cavalry — Our grand banquet given to Latiffe Pasha, and Ali Bey Hassib — Turkish custom of dressing the tabl...
27. CHAPTER IX.On the first of January we sailed, or rather rowed from Khartoum, in the Governor’s dahabeeyeh with eighteen oars. We fired a salute of twelve guns on passing his Excellency’s h...
28. CHAPTER X.Romance of Oriental life — Summary justice and Latiffe Pasha — His despotism — Hatred of Europeans — A box on the ear — Visit to the hareem of Ali Bey Hassib — Juvenile costume...
29. CHAPTER XI.Prejudices of Nubian parents — Egyptian youths sent for education to Paris and London — Unsatisfactory result — Story of a Perversion — Its tragic end — Jealousy of the Egyptian...
30. CHAPTER XII.To have such a science as mesmerism flourishing anywhere, is a curious and somewhat perplexing thing, but to have it flourishing in Nubia, here, in the remote district of Berber...
31. CHAPTER XIII.Hitherto our journey had been one of the most agreeable that could be conceived. The novelty of the country, the purity of the air, the many striking objects that came under our...
32. CHAPTER XIV.We had some additions to our party. One was a man who had escaped from the jail at Fazokl—at least so said the Governor of Aboohamed; though he retracted his assertion on being...
33. CHAPTER XV.Extreme cold — Milanese Refugees in the desert — A camel lost — An extraordinary day — Arab merchants — Making up a small parcel — Rain in the desert — The mirage — First rate c...
34. CHAPTER XVI.Arrived at Korosko, we at once made our crew aware that they must make every exertion to reach Cairo as speedily as possible, and that if they really worked hard, they would rec...
35. CHAPTER XVII.Tombs at Benihassan — Boat aground — Cairo — The Esbekya — Abbas Pasha and the Porte — The Census — Cairene ladies — Their evening parties — Palaces of the Pasha — The Overland...
36. CHAPTER XVIII.Barrage — Cotton-boats on the Nile — The bazaars at Atfeh — Interior of a coffee shop — Villages on the banks of the Mahmoudieh Canal — Nile locomotion — Illuminations — An East...
37. CHAPTER XIX.While visiting the Minister of Commerce, there took place a sale by auction of wheat and other grains. About one hundred gentlemen, chiefly Greeks, made their appearance and sat...