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Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : $b exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of MeroeHoskins, G. A. (George Alexander)

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Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : $b exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe

Name: Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : $b exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe
Author: Hoskins, G. A. (George Alexander)

Hoskins, G. A. (George Alexander)

Ethiopia -- Description and travel; Meroe (Extinct city); Nile River -- Description and travel; Nubia -- Description and travel; Sudan -- Antiquities; Sudan -- Description and travel

CHAPTER XIV.

  Marriage and other Ceremonies of Dongolah. — Character of
  the People, their Habitations. — Women, their Amusements.
  — Arab Tale. — Government of Dongolah                              189

                              CHAPTER XV.

  Departure from Dongolah. — Numerous Villages. — Island of
  Argo. — Residence of the Melek. — Arab Accountants. —
  Melek Tumbol. — Extent of his Territory. — Arab Manners
  compared with European. — Philosophy of the Arabs. — The
  Melek’s Dinner. — Military Force. — Garden. — Visit to
  the Antiquities. — Numerous Vestiges of ancient Towns. —
  Colossal Statues. — Remains of a large Temple. — Name of
  Sabaco, the Conqueror of Egypt. — Entertainment of an
  Arab Sheakh. — Richness of the Island. — Indigo. —
  Ethiopian Fort. — Cataract of Toumbos. — Mutilated
  colossal Statue. — Hospitality of an Arab Sheakh. —
  Character of the Inhabitants. — Hippopotamus. — Alarming
  Intelligence. — Revolt of the Mahas. — Dreadful
  Consequences. — Our providential Escape. — Arab Stories
  of Travellers                                                      204

                             CHAPTER XVI.

  Return to New Dongolah. — The Governor. — His Indecision.
  — General Alarm. — Interview with the Governor. — His
  difficult Situation and Want of Energy. — Increase of the
  Insurgents. — Retreat of the Katshef of Haffeer. — Troops
  marched out against the Insurgents. — Fears about the
  Result. — Their Army. — The Battle. — Effects of the
  Revolt. — Roads impassable. — Return of the Expedition. —
  Turkish and Arab Evolutions. — Hassanyeh. — Funge. —
  Curious Assemblage. — _Lululoo_ of the Women. — Turkish
  System of Government in the Provinces, and present State
  of the Peasantry and Arabs of the Desert above Wady
  Halfah                                                             222

                             CHAPTER XVII.

  Departure from El Ourde. — Alarms of the Caravan. — Melek
  Backeet. — Return to Haffeer. — Detention in the Indigo
  Manufactory. — Nubian Plants. — Second Expedition of the
  Government. — Fanaticism of the Insurgents. — The Battle.
  — Prisoners. — Departure from Haffeer. — Description of
  the Caravan. — Cataract. — Effects of the Revolution. —
  Splendid Ruins of Solib. — Excavated Tomb near Solib. —
  Ruins of Sukkot. — Heat of the Climate. — Island of Sais.
  — Remains of Christian Ruins. — Destructive Effects of
  the Desert                                                         237

                            CHAPTER XVIII.

Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : $b exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe

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