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CHAPTER XX.
THE KHALIFA'S TREATMENT OF THE WHITE CAPTIVES.
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| Description of the prison, or "Saier"—The "Abu Haggar"—The imprisonment of Charles Neufeld—Terrible sufferings of the prisoners—Domenico Polinari—The danger of corresponding with the European prisoners—Neufeld threatened with death—He is given charge of the saltpetre pits—The fate of Sheikh Khalil, the Egyptian envoy—The Khalifa's treatment of the "Whites"—Exile to the White Nile |
344 |
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CHAPTER XXI.
LUPTON BEY AND THE AMMUNITION.
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| The Khalifa's powder and ammunition begin to fail—Lupton Bey makes fulminate—Unsuccessful attempts to make powder—Yusef Pertekachi at last succeeds—The explosion in the powder factory |
366 |
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CHAPTER XXII.
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE IN THE MAHDI'S KINGDOM.
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| Remarks on the agriculture and commerce of the Mahdiist kingdom—A sandstorm in Omdurman—The paucity of cattle—System of taxation on imports—Provincial beit el mals—Local manufactures—Slavery and the slave-markets—Torture of slaves |
376 |
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CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BAGGARA MASTERS OF THE SUDAN.
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| Relations between Abdullah and the rival Khalifas—Mahdiism practically dead—The Khalifa's son Osman—His marriage to Yakub's daughter—His intentions regarding the succession—The Baggara and the Aulad-Belad—The Baggara masters of the Sudan—Examples of their tyranny—Emigration of the Rizighat tribe—Hostility between the Khalifa's and the late Mahdi's households—The Ashraf conspiracy—Witchcraft—The dispute between the Khalifas—Riots in Omdurman—The Mahdi's widows |
387 |
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CHAPTER XXIV.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FLIGHT.
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| Ohrwalder forms plans for escape—The fate of other Europeans attempting to fly—Stricter surveillance—Ohrwalder's means of livelihood—Letters from Cairo—The faithful Ahmed Hassan discloses his plan—Archbishop Sogaro—Miseries of captivity in Omdurman—Death of Sister Concetta Corsi—Preparations for flight |
408 |
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CHAPTER XXV.
ON CAMELS ACROSS THE GREAT NUBIAN DESERT.
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| Father Ohrwalder and Sisters Venturini and Chincarini escape—The ride for life—The rencontre with the Dervish guard near Abu Hamed—Alarm of the party—The journey across the great Nubian desert—Five hundred miles on camel-back in seven days—Arrival at the Egyptian outpost at Murat—Safe at last—Arrival in Cairo |
424 |
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CHAPTER XXVI.
THE PRESENT KHALIFA'S DESPOTISM IN THE SUDAN.
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| Reflections on the situation in the Sudan—The horrors of the present Khalifa's rule—How long shall it continue? |
447 |
| INDEX. |
451 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, MAP AND PLAN.
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| Father Ohrwalder, Sisters Venturini and Chincarini, and their servant Adila (Frontispiece). |
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| Zubeir Pasha |
8 |
| A native woman of Dongola |
65 |
| Hicks Pasha |
74 |
| Colonel Arthur Farquhar (Chief of Staff) |
80 |
| A Baggara emir, present at the annihilation of the Hicks Expedition, and afterwards captured at Toski |
89 |
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