I. JUST A WORD BEFORE WE START 1 II. THE GATEWAY TO EGYPT 3 III. KING COTTON ON THE NILE 13 IV. THROUGH OLD EGYPT TO CAIRO 22 V. FELLAHEEN ON THEIR FARMS 29 VI. THE PROPHET’S BIRTHDAY 41 VII. IN THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO 49 VIII. INTIMATE TALKS WITH TWO KHEDIVES 58 IX. EL-AZHAR AND ITS TEN THOUSAND MOSLEM STUDENTS 70 X. CLIMBING THE GREAT PYRAMID 79 XI. THE PYRAMIDS REVISITED 87 XII. FACE TO FACE WITH THE PHARAOHS 96 XIII. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE AT ASYUT 106 XIV. THE CHRISTIAN COPTS 112 XV. OLD THEBES AND THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS 117 XVI. THE NILE IN HARNESS 128 XVII. STEAMING THROUGH THE LAND OF CUSH 140 XVIII. FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE SUDAN 149 XIX. ACROSS AFRICA BY AIR AND RAIL 160 XX. KHARTUM 167 XXI. EMPIRE BUILDING IN THE SUDAN 175 XXII. WHY GENERAL GORDON HAD NO FEAR 181 XXIII. OMDURMAN, STRONGHOLD OF THE MAHDI 187 XXIV. GORDON COLLEGE AND THE WELLCOME LABORATORIES 200 XXV. THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL 208 XXVI. DOWN THE RED SEA 218 XXVII. ALONG THE AFRICAN COAST 224 XXVIII. ADEN 229 XXIX. IN MOMBASA 236 XXX. THE UGANDA RAILWAY 243 XXXI. THE CAPITAL OF KENYA COLONY 252 XXXII. JOHN BULL IN EAST AFRICA 261 XXXIII. WITH THE BIG-GAME HUNTERS 269 XXXIV. AMONG THE KIKUYUS AND THE NANDI 277 XXXV. THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY AND THE MASAI 285 XXXVI. WHERE MEN GO NAKED AND WOMEN WEAR TAILS 293 SEE THE WORLD WITH CARPENTER 303 BIBLIOGRAPHY 305 INDEX 309 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS