CHAPTER V.

THE STORM.

Cotton Farm of Malem Georgis--Ferocious Crocodiles--Shoot a Monster--The Public Enemy--Resistance of a Crocodile's Scales--Discover Gold--Heavy Action of the Camel--El Baggar selects a Hygeen--The Easy-goer, suitable for a Lady--Hooked Thorns of the Mimosa--We charge a Kittar Bush--The Scorpion's Sting--Sudden Deluge--A Regiment of Scorpions--Valley of the Atbara--The Migration of Camels--A Milk Diet--The Arab Exodus--The Desert Patriarch.