[228] T. W. Atkinson, “Oriental and Western Siberia.” London, 1858.
[249] It is, in reality, nothing more than a curve of the river, which forms an island of about half a mile in length, called Meschra-el-Reg.
[259] Augustus Petermann, Mittheilungen; Dr. Heughlin, “Reise in das Gobiet, des Weissen Nil, etc.”
[302] These consist of a few links of chain, with a swivel in the middle, and a steel strap with a buckle at either end. They are fastened round the animal’s fore-legs just above the hoof, so as to confine the feet together, and render straying difficult.
[324] Colonel Egerton Warburton, C.M.G., “Journey across the Western Interior of Australia,” with Introduction, etc., by C. H. Eden. Edited by H. W. Bates. London, 1875.
[359] During the viceroyalty of Lord Northbrook.
[364] “A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia.” By Fred Burnaby, Captain, Royal Horse Guards. Second edition. London, 1876.
[369] Our gallant explorer was not knighted until 1866, but throughout this chapter we shall use the title by which he is so well and so honourably known.
[404] Sir Samuel White Baker, “The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources.” London, 1866.