CHAPTER VII.
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.