CHAPTER VI.

ANT-HILLS. — TRIBE OF THE NUÈHRS. — THE JENGÄHS. — KAWASS OR

SERJEANT MÀRIAN FROM MOUNT HABILA. — DESCRIPTION OF HIM. —

TOKULS OF THE JENGÄHS. — FIRST APPEARANCE OF GAZELLES. — THE

RIVER N’JIN-N’JIN. — WORSHIP OF TREES. — THE GALLAS OR STEPPES.

— BLACK COLOUR OF THE RIVER. — NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS. — THE

BITTERN AND IBIS. — “BAUDA” OR GNATS: THEIR DREADFUL STING. —

LIEUT. ABD-ELLIÀB’S CRUELTY TO HIS FEMALE SLAVE. — THE TOKRURI

OR PILGRIM. — CURIOUS SUPERSTITION WITH REGARD TO THESE MEN. —

MOUNTAIN CHAIN OF NUBA. — PAPYRUS ANTIQUUS OR GIGANTIC RUSH. —

GAZELLE RIVER. — DEAD FISH. — DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SNAKES. —

ARABIC SONGS AND FESTIVITY ON BOARD. — JENGÄHS SUPPOSED TO BE

WORSHIPPERS OF THE MOON: THEIR MANNER OF TATOOING. — STRIFE

BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. — ANTIPATHY OF THE FRENCH

ENGINEERS TO EACH OTHER. — LOCUSTS. — TORMENT OF THE GNATS:

THEIR VARIOUS SPECIES. — BARBARITY OF THE TURKS ON THE FORMER

EXPEDITION. — MARVELLOUS STORIES OF THE ARABS. — HATRED OF THE

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