Chapter 7

THE DEPARTURE.

First-class Hygeens--Travelling Arrangements--The Evening Bivouac--The Junction of the Settite River--Sheik Atalan Wat Said--Abyssinian Frontier--Ismael Pasha burnt alive--Mek Nimmur--The Enemy of Egypt--Arrival at Sofi--The Reception--Position of Sofi--Florian, the German Settler--The Cattle Fly--Peculiarities of the Seasons--The New Camp--I become a Householder--Arrangement of our Establishment--My "Baby"--An African Elysium--No Pipe!--The Elements at Work.