CHAPTER IV.

MONOTONOUS SCENERY. — CULTIVATION OF DATE-PALMS. — EL AES. —

BOUNDARY OF THE TURKISH DOMINIONS. — REPUBLIC OF APES. —

HUSSEIN AGU’S FAVOURITE MONKEY. — CRUELTY OF EMIR BEY. —

ADVENTURE WITH A CROCODILE. — BELIEF OF THE TURKS IN THE

TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS. — LIEUT. ABD. ELLIAB, THE DEVOTEE. —

THE TAILORING PROPENSITIES OF FEÏZULLA CAPITAN. — A “FANTASIE.”

— FEÏZULLA’S INTEMPERANCE. — GUINEA-FOWLS. — ABU SEID. —

DESCRIPTION OF WATER PLANTS, AND GRAPES PECULIAR TO THE WHITE

NILE. — THE AMBAK-TREE. — GEBL DINKU. — ABDURIECKMAN, CHIEF OF

THE SHILLUKS, AND SULIMAN KASHEF’S BARBARITY. — HIPPOPOTAMIA,

AND CURIOUS SUPERSTITION OF THE SAILORS. — THE DINKAS AND THE

SHILLUKS. — THE LOTUS. — MOUNT DEFAFAUNGH. — TAMARIND TREES. —

THE TAILOR-CAPTAIN, AND INSUBORDINATION OF HIS CREW. — FIRST

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