Title: Four thousand miles of African travel : a personal record of a journey up the Nile and through the Soudan to the confines of Central Africa, embracing a discussion on the sources of the Nile, and an examination of the slave trade /
Authors: Southworth, Alvan S.; Baker, Pratt & Co.,; Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle,
Publisher: Baker, Pratt & Co. ; Sampson, Low & Co.,
Year: 1875
Subjects: Southworth, Alvan S. Travel Africa.; Slave trade Africa; Nile River.; Egypt Description and travel.; Sudan Description and travel.; Nile River Discovery and exploration.; Nile River Description and travel.
Contents: From war to exploration -- Modern Egypt -- The start for the Soudan -- A chapter for the tourist -- The dancing girls -- Crossing the Nubian desert -- Among the Bedouin Arabs -- Entering the Soudan -- At the capital of the slave trade -- Darfour and its king -- Up the White Nile -- Vivid African scenes -- Life in Khartoum -- The slave trade -- Barilla, the Abyssinian slave girl -- Leaving the Soudan -- On the way to the Red Sea -- The Arabs of Northern Africa -- A war-like demonstration against Abyssinia -- Johannez's kingdom -- The sources of the Nile -- At the tomb of Eve -- Audience with the Khedive -- The Soudan and Valley of the White Nile -- Appendix. The Central African Railway: Mr. Fowler's report on the proposed railway between Wady Halfa and Shendy; and the ship incline at the first cataract -- Appendix. Sources of the Nile -- Appendix. Animals.