Reading between the lines of this record of a brave struggle against terrible odds, it is only too easy to realize that the policy of prevarication of the French Government in all matters colonial is a well-considered policy, as astute as it is unfair, alike to the gallant officers in command of abortive exploring expeditions as to the “rivals” so cordially disliked.
Nancy Bell.
Southbourne-on-Sea,
October 1898.
WASHERWOMEN OF SAY.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| TRANSLATOR’S NOTE. | [vii] | |
| I. | AN ABORTIVE START | [1] |
| II. | FROM KAYES TO TIMBUKTU | [41] |
| III. | FROM TIMBUKTU TO TOSAYE | [93] |
| IV. | FROM TOSAYE TO FAFA | [151] |
| V. | THE TUAREGS | [199] |
| VI. | FROM FAFA TO SAY | [250] |
| VII. | STAY AT SAY | [295] |
| VIII. | MISTAKES AND FALSE NEWS | [356] |
| IX. | FROM SAY TO BUSSA | [403] |
| X. | FROM BUSSA TO THE SEA; CONCLUSION OF OUR VOYAGE | [446] |
| EPILOGUE | [498] | |
| INDEX | [513] |