CHAPTER IX.

FORM A RAFT WITH THE SPONGING BATH.

The Impromptu Ferry--Achmet is tempted by Satan--Mahomet's Relative absconds--End of the Rainy Season--The Seroot Fly disappears--The "Till"--Preparations for Fishing--"That was a Monster!"--The "Bayard"--Masara the Slave--Cross the Peninsula to Settite--Jungle Cooking--A miserable Night--Shoot badly--Fishing in the Atbara--A good Run--Another Monster--Bacheet lands him--The Baboons visit us--The Coor--Wild Vegetables--Death of Atalan Wat Said--Catch a Baggar--Fish-salting--The Arbour.