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CHAPTER III.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs · Samuel White Sir Baker

WILD ASSES OF THE DESERT.

My First and Last—Appetite for raw Meat—The Bishareen Arabs—

Gozerajup—The First Rain—Limits of the Desert—The Hadendowa

Arabs—The Wells of Soojalup—Antelopes—Antelope Stalking—Arab

Migrations—The Arab's Prayer—The Barren Women—Difficulty in

fording the River Gash—Arrive at Cassala—Hospitality of the

Greek Merchant.