“Let us look at him!”
“Let us look at him!” cried the headman in the boat. Having prepared for the introduction by changing my clothes in a grove of plantains for my dressing-room, and altering my costume to a tweed suit, something similar to that…
We stayed at Khartoum two months, waiting for the Nile to rise sufficiently to allow the passage of the cataracts
We stayed at Khartoum two months, waiting for the Nile to rise sufficiently to allow the passage of the cataracts. We started June 30th, and reached Berber, from which point, four years before, I had set out on my Atbara…
We found several nests of fresh eggs in the straw
Fortunately there were many fowls in this village. We found several nests of fresh eggs in the straw which littered the hut; these were most acceptable after our hard fare, and produced a good supply of soup. Having rested for…
The gorilla would not make a greater stir in London streets
Hardly had the few boatmen departed than some one shouted suddenly, and the entire crowd sprang to their feet and rushed toward the hut where I had left Mrs. Baker. For the moment I thought that the hut was on…
It was impossible to hire a good hygeen; an Arab prizes his riding animal too much, and invariably refuses to let it to a stranger, but generally imposes upon him by substituting some lightly-built camel that he thinks will pass muster
It was impossible to hire a good hygeen; an Arab prizes his riding animal too much, and invariably refuses to let it to a stranger, but generally imposes upon him by substituting some lightly-built camel that he thinks will pass…
That many considerable affluents flow into the Albert Lake there is no doubt
That many considerable affluents flow into the Albert Lake there is no doubt. The two waterfalls seen by telescope upon the western shore descending from the Blue Mountains must be most important streams, or they could not have been distinguished…
Upon our arrival at a large town called Kattaga, my vakeel reported the desertion of five of my men to Mahommed Her’s party, with their guns and ammunition
Upon our arrival at a large town called Kattaga, my vakeel reported the desertion of five of my men to Mahommed Her’s party, with their guns and ammunition. I abused both the vakeel and the men most thoroughly, and declared,…
The difference between the appearance of Khartoum at the distance of a mile, with the sun shining upon the bright river Nile in the foreground, and its appearance upon close inspection, was equal to the difference in the scenery of a theatre as regarded from the boxes or from the stage
The difference between the appearance of Khartoum at the distance of a mile, with the sun shining upon the bright river Nile in the foreground, and its appearance upon close inspection, was equal to the difference in the scenery of…
On the 17th of August, accompanied by the German, Florian, we said good-by to our kind friend Sheik Achmet and left Wat el Negur
On the 17th of August, accompanied by the German, Florian, we said good-by to our kind friend Sheik Achmet and left Wat el Negur. At Geera, early at daybreak, several Arabs arrived with a report that elephants had been drinking…
I had won him
I had won him. I knew the Arab character so thoroughly that I was convinced that the tree he had pointed out, followed by the words, “I will come there and speak to you,” was to be the rendezvous for…