CHAPTER III.
WILD ASSES OF THE DESERT.
My First and Last—Appetite for raw Meat—The Bishareen Arabs—
Gozerajup—The First Rain—Limits of the Desert—The Hadendowa
Arabs—The Wells of Soojalup—Antelopes—Antelope Stalking—Arab
Migrations—The Arab's Prayer—The Barren Women—Difficulty in
fording the River Gash—Arrive at Cassala—Hospitality of the
Greek Merchant.
CHAPTER IV.
ROUTE FROM CASSALA TO SOUAKIM.
Facilities of the Port of Souakim—Fortifications of
Cassala—Conquest of Nubia—Cruel Taxation—Extreme Cheapness of
Corn—Cultivation of Cereals—Arab Bread—Military Position of
Cassala—The Base—Prepare to start from Cassala—Mahomet's
Family Tree—Mahomet meets Relations—We cross the
Gash—Stalking the Ariel—Bagged the Game—Descent of
Vultures—Change of Scenery—The Source of the Delta—The Parent
of Egypt.
CHAPTER V.
THE STORM.
Cotton Farm of Malem Georgis—Ferocious Crocodiles—Shoot a
Monster—The Public Enemy—Resistance of a Crocodile's
Scales—Discover Gold—Heavy Action of the Camel—El Baggar
selects a Hygeen—The Easy-goer, suitable for a Lady—Hooked
Thorns of the Mimosa—We charge a Kittar Bush—The Scorpion's
Sting—Sudden Deluge—A Regiment of Scorpions—Valley of the
Atbara—The Migration of Camels—A Milk Diet—The Arab
Exodus—The Desert Patriarch.