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In the history of the Nile there was a void: its Sources were a mystery. The Ancients devoted much attention to this problem; but in vain. The Emperor Nero sent an expedition under the command of two centurions, as described by Seneca. Even Roman energy failed to break...
The Nubian desert The bitter well Change of plans An irascible dragoman Pools of the Atbara One secret of the Nile At Cassala....
Colombo - Dullness of the Town - Cinnamon Garden - A Cingalese Appo - Ceylon Sport - Jungle Fever - Newera Ellia - Energy of Sir E. Barnes - Influence of the Governor - Projected Improvements.
THE work entitled The Albert N'yanza Great Basin of the Nile, published in 1866, has given an account of the equatorial lake system from which the Egyptian river derives its source. It has been determined by the joint explorations of Speke, Grant, and myself, that the...
Upwards of twenty years have passed since the 'Rifle and Hound in Ceylon' was published, and I have been requested to write a preface for a new edition. Although this long interval of time has been spent in a more profitable manner than simple sport, nevertheless I have...
Forty years ago our troops were armed with a smooth-bore musket, and a small force known as the Rifle Brigade was the exception to this rule.
An interval of five years has elapsed since the termination of my engagement in the service of His Highness the Khedive of Egypt, to suppress the slave-hunters of Central Africa, and to annex the countries constituting the Nile Basin, with the object of opening those...
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