Kamrasi's cowardice--Interview with the king--The exchange of blood--
The rod beggar's last chance--An astounded sovereign

CHAPTER XX.

A satanic escort--Prostrated by sun-stroke--Days and nights of
sorrow--The reward for all our labor

CHAPTER XXI.

The cradle of the Nile--Arrival at Magungo--The blind leading
the blind--Murchison Falls

CHAPTER XXII.

Prisoners on the island--Left to starve--Months of helpless-
ness--We rejoin the Turks--The real Kamrasi--In the presence of royalty

CHAPTER XXIII.

The hour of deliverance--Triumphal entry into Gondokoro--
Homeward bound--The plague breaks out--Our welcome at
Khartoum--Return to civilization


IN THE HEART OF AFRICA.

CHAPTER I.

The Nubian desert--The bitter well--Change of plans--An irascible