Life in the Soudan Adventures Amongst the Tribes, and Travels in Egypt, in 1881 and 1882
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A Boa-constrictor Visits Us—The Burton Boat—Moussa’s Behaviour Entails a Thrashing and His Discharge—Great Heat—A Fine Hippopotamus Killed—Hamran Feast—The White Ants—Another Hippopotamus Killed—Mahomet Sali Brings Supplies—Native Music in the Night—Delicate Hints Conveyed to the Performer—A Remarkably Fine Nellut Shot—Arab and Egyptian Taxation—Baboons—A Hamran Story—Ali Stung by a Scorpion—On the March Once More—Rough Journeys 264-278