INDEX

Abbas Hilmi, talk with, [58], [66].
Abbas Hilmi Mosque at Khartum, [171].
Abu Simbel, Temple of, [140].
Abu Tig, industrial school at, [78].
Abyssinia, Italy fails to gain territory in, [224];
only country in Africa independent of Europe, [226];
future development assured, [228].
Aden, shipping point for Mocha coffee, [229];
the Gibraltar of the Red Sea, [230].
Agricultural Bank, benefit of to Egyptian farmers, [9].
Agriculture, possibilities of, in Kenya Colony, [263].
Airplane, possibilities in Africa, [160].
Akabah, Gulf of, canal from, to Mediterranean Sea proposed, [220].
Akhotupu, Queen, mummy of in Cairo Museum, [98].
Akhnaton, Pharaoh, tomb of, [125].
Alabaster Mosque, Cairo, [42], [43].
Alexander, Dr. John, president of American College at Asyut, [108];
on breaking up of the slave trade, [184].
Alexandria, a modern city, [3].
American College at Asyut, [106].
American-built bridges: at Atbara, [154];
on Uganda Railway, [247].
American goods in East Africa, [259].
Archæological researches in Egypt, [88];
how territory was allotted to representatives of the different countries, [89].
Aswan Dam, for harnessing the Nile, [128];
Low constructed, [132].
Asyut, United Presbyterian mission school at, [76];
the American College at, [106].
Atbara, on Sudan military railroad, [155].
Bab-el-Mandeb, on the Red Sea, [219].
Bazaars of Cairo, trading in the, [55].
Bead money of the Sudan, [194].
Bees, on the obelisks, [86].
Bridges, American built, at Atbara, [154];
on Uganda Railway, [247].
British control of East Africa, [261].
Boll weevil, in Egypt, [20].
Book of the Dead, a record of the beliefs of the Pharaohs, [101].
Boston Museum, archæological research work in Egypt, [89], [117].
Buffalo, the Water, Arab tradition of its creation, [233].
Cairo, largest city on African continent, [41], [49];
in the bazaars of, [55].
Cairo Museum, archæological treasures on exhibit at, [96].
Camels, as farm animals, [35];
use of, in Cairo, [52];
in Arabia, [232].
Cape-to-Cairo Railroad, travelling on the, [149].
Cape-to-Cairo route, not a continuous railway trip, [164].
Cattle, Egyptian, of same type through the centuries, [26].
Cattle, humped, the beasts of burden of East Africa, [259].
Cattle raising, possibilities in East Africa, [264].
Central Africa, new irrigation projects for, [136].
Charity, among Mohammedans, [78].
Cheops, Pyramid of, [79].
Cleopatra, in ancient Alexandria, [11].
Coffee, first grown in Abyssinia, [227];
produced in East Africa, [266].
Coffee, Mocha, marketed through Aden, Arabia, [229].
Colossi of Memnon, size of the statues, [121].
Copts, number of, in Egypt, [8];
shrewdest of Egyptians in business, [54];
more intelligent than the Mohammedans, [112];
the Jews of Egypt, [113];
religious belief, [114];
marriage customs, [116].
Cotton, production of, on the Nile, [13];
possibilities for, in the Sudan, [178];
production and home manufacture in the Sudan, [196].
Cotton Boll Weevil, does great damage in Egypt, [20].
Creation, ancient Egyptian idea of the, [103].
Cromer, Lord, efforts in behalf of public schools in Egypt, [77].
Currie, Dr. James, president of Gordon College at Khartum, [200].
Cush, Nubia, the land of, [140].
Damanhur, agricultural centre in Nile valley, [31].
Damietta, agricultural centre in Nile valley, [31].
Darfur, warlike natives of, [180].
Deir-el-Bahari Temple, inscriptions at, giving details of construction of obelisks, [122].
Dervishes, fanatical actions of, [46].
Diocletian, Pompey’s Pillar a monument to, [9].
Donkeys, in Cairo, [52].
East Africa, agricultural possibilities in, [263].
Egypt, the development of, [5];
area and population, [25];
climate, [27];
long under foreign control, [27];
benefits under British, [28].
Egyptian Exploration Fund, archæological excavations at Luxor, [117];
unearths oldest known temple, [123].
Egyptian farmers, archaic processes of, [34].
Egyptians, ancient, their religious beliefs, [102].
El-Azhar, Mohammedan university at Cairo, [70].
Elephants, hunting of, in East Africa, [272].
Embalming, beginning of the art, [99].
Eritrea, Italian colony on the Red Sea, [224].
Excavations, archæological in Egypt, [88].
Farm land, value of, along the Nile, [29].
Farming, in the Nile Valley, [14], [29], [34].
Fast days of Mohammedans, observance of, [47].
Fellaheen, on their farms, [29].
Flies, pest of, in Egypt, [145].
Flour mills, primitive, of Omdurman, [198].
Forestry in Kenya Colony, [281].
Fuel, scarcity of, in Egypt, [17].
Game, East African, abundant along Uganda Railway, [243];
outfitting hunters at Nairobi, [257], [269];
destructive to telegraph lines, [260];
rigid hunting laws, [270];
great variety of game to be found, [271];
cost of an expedition, [275].
Game preserve, one mile each side of Uganda Railway, [245], [286].
Gezirah, the granary of Central Africa, [177].
Girls, schooling for, in Egypt, [77].
Gizeh, Pyramids of, [79].
Gordon, General, statue of, at Khartum, [171];
story of his bravery, and his death, [182].
Gordon College, at Khartum, [200].
Goshen, through the Land of, [22].
Grain market at Omdurman, [198].
Greeks, the money lenders of Egypt, [50].
Gregory, Professor J. W., explores and names the Great Rift Valley, [285].
Guardafui, Cape, a desolate rock, [226].
Gum arabic, one of the money crops of the Sudan, [206].
Harvard College, archæological research work in Egypt, [89], [117].
Hatcheries, chicken, in Egypt, [40].
Hathor, excavation of statue of, [124].
Hatshepsut, Queen, tomb of, at Luxor, [88];
ruins of her great temple, [124].
Heliopolis, visit to site of ancient city, [85].
Herodotus, description of the Great Pyramid, [81], [82].
Hinde, Capt. Sidney L., explorer and hunter, [290].
Hippopotamuses, hunting of, in East Africa, [274].
Horses, Arabian, comparatively scarce, [234].
Howling Dervishes, fanatical antics of the, [46].
Incubators, long in use in Egypt, [39].
Irrigation, raising cotton under, [19];
conducted on scientific lines, [24], [30];
the system of canals, [31];
methods of raising the water to upper levels, [32];
ancient works along the Nile, [130];
new projects in the Sudan, and in Central Africa, [136], [178].
Ismail Pasha, builds road to the Pyramids, [79];
great aid to French in building of Suez Canal, [211].
Ismailia, on the Suez Canal, [217].
Italian colonies in East Africa, [225].
Ivory, Elephant, from East Africa, [272].
Jackson, Frederick J., acting governor of Kenya Colony, [261].
Jewellery, ancient Egyptian, in Cairo Museum, [104];
fine work of native artisans in the Sudan, [195];
telegraph wire in great demand in Uganda, [250], [255], [256], [260], [277], [282], [296], [297].
Jidda, “the burial place of Eve,” [218];
the port for Mecca, [221].
Kaaba, sacred meteorite in the, at Mecca, [223].
Kantara, greatest military base in all history, [165].
Karnak, obelisks at Temple of, [122].
Kavirondo, among the naked, [293].
Kenya, Mount, as seen from Nairobi, [244], [252].
Khartum, the story of the city, [167].
Kikuyus, among the, [277].
Kilimanjaro, highest mountain on African continent, [244], [252].
Kisumu, terminus of the Uganda Railway, [294].
Kitchener, General, remarkable achievement in building of military railroad through desert, [153].
Koran, early study of the, by Mohammedan children, [71].
Kordofan, a stock raising region, [180].
Kosseir, a Red Sea port, [220].
Labour, difficulty of obtaining, in the Sudan, [173], [178];
poorly paid in East Africa, [238], [249], [267].
Lions, Temple of the, [140].
Lions, carry off many workmen during construction of Uganda Railway, [250];
hunting in East Africa, [270].
Live stock in the Nile valley, [36].
Locomotives, American, in Nubian desert, [155], [157].
Lueder, A. B., American civil engineer in charge of construction of Uganda Railway bridges, [248].
Luxor, archæological excavations at, [118].
Mahdi, rise and fall of the, [188].
Mahmudiyeh Canal, at Alexandria, [4], [18].
Mansura, agricultural centre in Nile Valley, [31].
Masai, a race of warriors and stock raisers, [287].
Meat, scarcity of, in Egypt, [38];
as sold in the bazaars, [55].
Mecca, pilgrimages to, [42], [221];
inaccessible to Christians, [222].
Medina, extent of pilgrimages to, [222].
Mehemet Ali, constructs canal from Alexandria to the Nile, [4];
introduces long staple cotton, [14].
Memnon, Colossi of, size of the statues, [121].
Meneptah, mummy of, in Cairo Museum, [97].
Metropolitan Museum, archæological excavations at Luxor, [117].
Midwinter, Captain, manager of Sudan military railroad, [155].
Mocha coffee, chiefly marketed through Aden, Arabia, [229].
Mombasa, port for Equatorial Africa, [208];
terminus of Uganda Railway and port of entry for British East Africa, [236];
history dates back to fifteenth century, [239].
Money of the Sudan, the different media of exchange, [194].
Morendat, Kenya Colony experimental farm at, [286].
Mosques, of Cairo, [42], [43].
Mummies, in Cairo Museum, [96];
why and how bodies were so prepared, [99].
Nairobi, more than a mile above sea level, [247];
the capital of Kenya Colony, [252].
Naivasha, Lake, possibilities for settlers on, [286].
Nandi, more civilized than other East Africans, [282].
Nefert, Princess, statue of, in Cairo Museum, [101].
Nefertari, temple of, [127].
Nile, dams and irrigation works of the, upbuilding Egypt, [5];
Cotton production along the, [13];
all tillable land in Egypt formed by, [23];
length of, [26].
Nile River, source and tributaries, [129].
Nubia, travelling through, [140].
Obelisks, how made and transported, [122].
Omdurman, stronghold of the Mahdi, [168], [187].
Ophthalmia, prevalent in Egypt, [146].
Ostriches, hunting of, in East Africa, [271].
Palestine Military Railway, a great feat of construction, [165].
Panama Canal, compared to the Suez Canal, [212].
Perim, Island of, a British possession, [229].
Philæ, temples on the Island of, [146].
Pompey’s Pillar, at Alexandria, [9].
Poultry industry, of Egypt, [39].
Port Said, “wickedest city from London to the Far East,” [217].
Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, [224].
Pyramids, the, [6], [22];
visit to the, [79];
revisited under more modern conditions, [87];
how constructed, [91], [93];
other Egyptian pyramids, [93].
Quarries of Aswan, furnished the stone for obelisks and temples of ancient Egypt, [148].
Ra-Hotep, Prince, statue of, in Cairo Museum, [101].
Railroad fares in Egypt and the Sudan, [149], [154].
Railroads of Egypt and the Sudan, [151];
difficulties with desert sand, [157].
Rameses, King, mummy in Cairo Museum, [96].
Rameses II, Temple of, [122];
gigantic statues of, [127];
temple of Abu Simbel, [140].
Red Sea, travelling on the, [208], [218].
Reisner, Dr. George, archæological research work, in Egypt, [89].
Religion of the ancient Egyptians, [102].
Rhinoceroses, hunting in East Africa, [274].
Rift Valley, the Great, a trough through the African continent, [285].
Rosetta, agricultural centre in Nile valley, [31].
Roth, a young Swiss who broke up the slave trade of Upper Egypt, [184].
Sakkarah, Pyramids of, [81], [93].
Schools, in Egypt, Mohammedan, [71];
common and private, [76];
of the Sudan, [204].
Sennar, great dam under construction at, [165].
Seti I, mummy of, in Cairo Museum, [97], [98].
Sewing machines, American, sold in the Sudan, [196].
Sheep, fat-tailed, of Egypt, [37].
Shellal, the port of, [146].
Shendi, on Sudan military railroad, [158].
Slatin Pasha, author of “Fire and Sword in the Sudan”, [181], [186].
Slave traffic, breaking up the, [183].
Somaliland, British, formerly belonging to Egypt, [226].
Somaliland, Italian, a possession of little value, [225].
Sphinx, view of from the Great Pyramid, [81];
visit to, [84].
Suakim, on the Red Sea, [224].
Sudan, projected irrigation works in the, [136];
agricultural possibilities of the, [176].
Sudan, Port, on the Red Sea, [224].
Sudanese, a strange people, [191].
Sudd, immense swamps of the, [137].
Suez, at end of the Canal, [217].
Suez Canal, diversion of traffic to, [209];
cost of toll, [210];
its history, [210];
compared to Panama Canal, [212].
Suez, Gulf of, length, [220].
Swahili, principal native language of Central and East Africa, [241].
Tanta, agricultural centre, on the Nile, [31].
Temple of Karnak, obelisks at, [122].
Tewfik Pasha, talk with, [58].
Thebes, archæological excavations at, [117];
greatest city of antiquity, [126].
Tobacco, production of, in Egypt, [39].
Travel, cost of, in Africa, [144].
Tuti Island, a Mahdist position facing Khartum, [182], [187].
Uganda Railway, travel on the, [243];
cost of construction, [247];
American bridges used, [247];
lions kill many during construction of railroad, [250].
United Presbyterian Church mission school at Asyut, [76].
Valley of the Kings, archæological excavations in the, [117].
Victoria, Lake, altitude, [247];
cotton plantations being established around, [302].
Wakamba, tribe of East Africans, [284].
Wellcome, Henry S., founder of research laboratories at Khartum, [200], [205].
Whirling Dervishes, fanatical actions of, [46].
Windmills, American, used for pumping water along the Nile, [33].
Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald, Governor-General of the Sudan, interviews with, [175], [181].
Women, as labourers in Central Africa, [172].
Zagazig, agricultural centre, on the Nile, [31].
Zebra, in East Africa, [271].