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Cairo to Kisumu

Chapter 44: INDEX
By Frank G. Carpenter
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The narrative records journeys from Egypt through the Sudan to Kenya, combining first-hand descriptions of ancient monuments, the Nile and the Aswan Dam, urban bazaars and religious schools, and encounters with colonial administration and local communities. Chapters proceed along waterways, railways, and the Suez Canal, visiting Khartum, Mombasa, and Nairobi, and examining agriculture, infrastructure, educational and scientific institutions. It surveys East African landscapes and peoples, including the Rift Valley, Masai, Kikuyu, and Nandi, reports on wildlife and big-game hunting, and reflects on the effects of transportation, commerce, and imperial governance, illustrated throughout with photographs and maps.

INDEX

  • Abbas Hilmi, talk with, 58, 66.
  • Abbas Hilmi Mosque at Khartum, 171.
  • Abu Simbel, Temple of, 140.
  • Abu Tig, industrial school at, 78.
  • Abyssinia, Italy fails to gain territory in, 224;
  • only country in Africa independent of Europe, 226;
  • future development assured, 228.
  • Aden, shipping point for Mocha coffee, 229;
  • the Gibraltar of the Red Sea, 230.
  • Agricultural Bank, benefit of to Egyptian farmers, 9.
  • Agriculture, possibilities of, in Kenya Colony, 263.
  • Airplane, possibilities in Africa, 160.
  • Akabah, Gulf of, canal from, to Mediterranean Sea proposed, 220.
  • Akhotupu, Queen, mummy of in Cairo Museum, 98.
  • Akhnaton, Pharaoh, tomb of, 125.
  • Alabaster Mosque, Cairo, 42, 43.
  • Alexander, Dr. John, president of American College at Asyut, 108;
  • on breaking up of the slave trade, 184.
  • Alexandria, a modern city, 3.
  • American College at Asyut, 106.
  • American-built bridges: at Atbara, 154;
  • on Uganda Railway, 247.
  • American goods in East Africa, 259.
  • Archæological researches in Egypt, 88;
  • how territory was allotted to representatives of the different countries, 89.
  • Aswan Dam, for harnessing the Nile, 128;
  • Low constructed, 132.
  • Asyut, United Presbyterian mission school at, 76;
  • the American College at, 106.
  • Atbara, on Sudan military railroad, 155.
  • Bab-el-Mandeb, on the Red Sea, 219.
  • Bazaars of Cairo, trading in the, 55.
  • Bead money of the Sudan, 194.
  • Bees, on the obelisks, 86.
  • Bridges, American built, at Atbara, 154;
  • on Uganda Railway, 247.
  • British control of East Africa, 261.
  • Boll weevil, in Egypt, 20.
  • Book of the Dead, a record of the beliefs of the Pharaohs, 101.
  • Boston Museum, archæological research work in Egypt, 89, 117.
  • Buffalo, the Water, Arab tradition of its creation, 233.
  • Cairo, largest city on African continent, 41, 49;
  • in the bazaars of, 55.
  • Cairo Museum, archæological treasures on exhibit at, 96.
  • Camels, as farm animals, 35;
  • use of, in Cairo, 52;
  • in Arabia, 232.
  • Cape-to-Cairo Railroad, travelling on the, 149.
  • Cape-to-Cairo route, not a continuous railway trip, 164.
  • Cattle, Egyptian, of same type through the centuries, 26.
  • Cattle, humped, the beasts of burden of East Africa, 259.
  • Cattle raising, possibilities in East Africa, 264.
  • Central Africa, new irrigation projects for, 136.
  • Charity, among Mohammedans, 78.
  • Cheops, Pyramid of, 79.
  • Cleopatra, in ancient Alexandria, 11.
  • Coffee, first grown in Abyssinia, 227;
  • produced in East Africa, 266.
  • Coffee, Mocha, marketed through Aden, Arabia, 229.
  • Colossi of Memnon, size of the statues, 121.
  • Copts, number of, in Egypt, 8;
  • shrewdest of Egyptians in business, 54;
  • more intelligent than the Mohammedans, 112;
  • the Jews of Egypt, 113;
  • religious belief, 114;
  • marriage customs, 116.
  • Cotton, production of, on the Nile, 13;
  • possibilities for, in the Sudan, 178;
  • production and home manufacture in the Sudan, 196.
  • Cotton Boll Weevil, does great damage in Egypt, 20.
  • Creation, ancient Egyptian idea of the, 103.
  • Cromer, Lord, efforts in behalf of public schools in Egypt, 77.
  • Currie, Dr. James, president of Gordon College at Khartum, 200.
  • Cush, Nubia, the land of, 140.
  • Damanhur, agricultural centre in Nile valley, 31.
  • Damietta, agricultural centre in Nile valley, 31.
  • Darfur, warlike natives of, 180.
  • Deir-el-Bahari Temple, inscriptions at, giving details of construction of obelisks, 122.
  • Dervishes, fanatical actions of, 46.
  • Diocletian, Pompey’s Pillar a monument to, 9.
  • Donkeys, in Cairo, 52.
  • East Africa, agricultural possibilities in, 263.
  • Egypt, the development of, 5;
  • area and population, 25;
  • climate, 27;
  • long under foreign control, 27;
  • benefits under British, 28.
  • Egyptian Exploration Fund, archæological excavations at Luxor, 117;
  • unearths oldest known temple, 123.
  • Egyptian farmers, archaic processes of, 34.
  • Egyptians, ancient, their religious beliefs, 102.
  • El-Azhar, Mohammedan university at Cairo, 70.
  • Elephants, hunting of, in East Africa, 272.
  • Embalming, beginning of the art, 99.
  • Eritrea, Italian colony on the Red Sea, 224.
  • Excavations, archæological in Egypt, 88.
  • Farm land, value of, along the Nile, 29.
  • Farming, in the Nile Valley, 14, 29, 34.
  • Fast days of Mohammedans, observance of, 47.
  • Fellaheen, on their farms, 29.
  • Flies, pest of, in Egypt, 145.
  • Flour mills, primitive, of Omdurman, 198.
  • Forestry in Kenya Colony, 281.
  • Fuel, scarcity of, in Egypt, 17.
  • Game, East African, abundant along Uganda Railway, 243;
  • outfitting hunters at Nairobi, 257, 269;
  • destructive to telegraph lines, 260;
  • rigid hunting laws, 270;
  • great variety of game to be found, 271;
  • cost of an expedition, 275.
  • Game preserve, one mile each side of Uganda Railway, 245, 286.
  • Gezirah, the granary of Central Africa, 177.
  • Girls, schooling for, in Egypt, 77.
  • Gizeh, Pyramids of, 79.
  • Gordon, General, statue of, at Khartum, 171;
  • story of his bravery, and his death, 182.
  • Gordon College, at Khartum, 200.
  • Goshen, through the Land of, 22.
  • Grain market at Omdurman, 198.
  • Greeks, the money lenders of Egypt, 50.
  • Gregory, Professor J. W., explores and names the Great Rift Valley, 285.
  • Guardafui, Cape, a desolate rock, 226.
  • Gum arabic, one of the money crops of the Sudan, 206.
  • Harvard College, archæological research work in Egypt, 89, 117.
  • Hatcheries, chicken, in Egypt, 40.
  • Hathor, excavation of statue of, 124.
  • Hatshepsut, Queen, tomb of, at Luxor, 88;
  • ruins of her great temple, 124.
  • Heliopolis, visit to site of ancient city, 85.
  • Herodotus, description of the Great Pyramid, 81, 82.
  • Hinde, Capt. Sidney L., explorer and hunter, 290.
  • Hippopotamuses, hunting of, in East Africa, 274.
  • Horses, Arabian, comparatively scarce, 234.
  • Howling Dervishes, fanatical antics of the, 46.
  • Incubators, long in use in Egypt, 39.
  • Irrigation, raising cotton under, 19;
  • conducted on scientific lines, 24, 30;
  • the system of canals, 31;
  • methods of raising the water to upper levels, 32;
  • ancient works along the Nile, 130;
  • new projects in the Sudan, and in Central Africa, 136, 178.
  • Ismail Pasha, builds road to the Pyramids, 79;
  • great aid to French in building of Suez Canal, 211.
  • Ismailia, on the Suez Canal, 217.
  • Italian colonies in East Africa, 225.
  • Ivory, Elephant, from East Africa, 272.
  • Jackson, Frederick J., acting governor of Kenya Colony, 261.
  • Jewellery, ancient Egyptian, in Cairo Museum, 104;
  • fine work of native artisans in the Sudan, 195;
  • telegraph wire in great demand in Uganda, 250, 255, 256, 260, 277, 282, 296, 297.
  • Jidda, “the burial place of Eve,” 218;
  • the port for Mecca, 221.
  • Kaaba, sacred meteorite in the, at Mecca, 223.
  • Kantara, greatest military base in all history, 165.
  • Karnak, obelisks at Temple of, 122.
  • Kavirondo, among the naked, 293.
  • Kenya, Mount, as seen from Nairobi, 244, 252.
  • Khartum, the story of the city, 167.
  • Kikuyus, among the, 277.
  • Kilimanjaro, highest mountain on African continent, 244, 252.
  • Kisumu, terminus of the Uganda Railway, 294.
  • Kitchener, General, remarkable achievement in building of military railroad through desert, 153.
  • Koran, early study of the, by Mohammedan children, 71.
  • Kordofan, a stock raising region, 180.
  • Kosseir, a Red Sea port, 220.
  • Labour, difficulty of obtaining, in the Sudan, 173, 178;
  • poorly paid in East Africa, 238, 249, 267.
  • Lions, Temple of the, 140.
  • Lions, carry off many workmen during construction of Uganda Railway, 250;
  • hunting in East Africa, 270.
  • Live stock in the Nile valley, 36.
  • Locomotives, American, in Nubian desert, 155, 157.
  • Lueder, A. B., American civil engineer in charge of construction of Uganda Railway bridges, 248.
  • Luxor, archæological excavations at, 118.
  • Mahdi, rise and fall of the, 188.
  • Mahmudiyeh Canal, at Alexandria, 4, 18.
  • Mansura, agricultural centre in Nile Valley, 31.
  • Masai, a race of warriors and stock raisers, 287.
  • Meat, scarcity of, in Egypt, 38;
  • as sold in the bazaars, 55.
  • Mecca, pilgrimages to, 42, 221;
  • inaccessible to Christians, 222.
  • Medina, extent of pilgrimages to, 222.
  • Mehemet Ali, constructs canal from Alexandria to the Nile, 4;
  • introduces long staple cotton, 14.
  • Memnon, Colossi of, size of the statues, 121.
  • Meneptah, mummy of, in Cairo Museum, 97.
  • Metropolitan Museum, archæological excavations at Luxor, 117.
  • Midwinter, Captain, manager of Sudan military railroad, 155.
  • Mocha coffee, chiefly marketed through Aden, Arabia, 229.
  • Mombasa, port for Equatorial Africa, 208;
  • terminus of Uganda Railway and port of entry for British East Africa, 236;
  • history dates back to fifteenth century, 239.
  • Money of the Sudan, the different media of exchange, 194.
  • Morendat, Kenya Colony experimental farm at, 286.
  • Mosques, of Cairo, 42, 43.
  • Mummies, in Cairo Museum, 96;
  • why and how bodies were so prepared, 99.
  • Nairobi, more than a mile above sea level, 247;
  • the capital of Kenya Colony, 252.
  • Naivasha, Lake, possibilities for settlers on, 286.
  • Nandi, more civilized than other East Africans, 282.
  • Nefert, Princess, statue of, in Cairo Museum, 101.
  • Nefertari, temple of, 127.
  • Nile, dams and irrigation works of the, upbuilding Egypt, 5;
  • Cotton production along the, 13;
  • all tillable land in Egypt formed by, 23;
  • length of, 26.
  • Nile River, source and tributaries, 129.
  • Nubia, travelling through, 140.
  • Obelisks, how made and transported, 122.
  • Omdurman, stronghold of the Mahdi, 168, 187.
  • Ophthalmia, prevalent in Egypt, 146.
  • Ostriches, hunting of, in East Africa, 271.
  • Palestine Military Railway, a great feat of construction, 165.
  • Panama Canal, compared to the Suez Canal, 212.
  • Perim, Island of, a British possession, 229.
  • Philæ, temples on the Island of, 146.
  • Pompey’s Pillar, at Alexandria, 9.
  • Poultry industry, of Egypt, 39.
  • Port Said, “wickedest city from London to the Far East,” 217.
  • Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, 224.
  • Pyramids, the, 6, 22;
  • visit to the, 79;
  • revisited under more modern conditions, 87;
  • how constructed, 91, 93;
  • other Egyptian pyramids, 93.
  • Quarries of Aswan, furnished the stone for obelisks and temples of ancient Egypt, 148.
  • Ra-Hotep, Prince, statue of, in Cairo Museum, 101.
  • Railroad fares in Egypt and the Sudan, 149, 154.
  • Railroads of Egypt and the Sudan, 151;
  • difficulties with desert sand, 157.
  • Rameses, King, mummy in Cairo Museum, 96.
  • Rameses II, Temple of, 122;
  • gigantic statues of, 127;
  • temple of Abu Simbel, 140.
  • Red Sea, travelling on the, 208, 218.
  • Reisner, Dr. George, archæological research work, in Egypt, 89.
  • Religion of the ancient Egyptians, 102.
  • Rhinoceroses, hunting in East Africa, 274.
  • Rift Valley, the Great, a trough through the African continent, 285.
  • Rosetta, agricultural centre in Nile valley, 31.
  • Roth, a young Swiss who broke up the slave trade of Upper Egypt, 184.
  • Sakkarah, Pyramids of, 81, 93.
  • Schools, in Egypt, Mohammedan, 71;
  • common and private, 76;
  • of the Sudan, 204.
  • Sennar, great dam under construction at, 165.
  • Seti I, mummy of, in Cairo Museum, 97, 98.
  • Sewing machines, American, sold in the Sudan, 196.
  • Sheep, fat-tailed, of Egypt, 37.
  • Shellal, the port of, 146.
  • Shendi, on Sudan military railroad, 158.
  • Slatin Pasha, author of “Fire and Sword in the Sudan”, 181, 186.
  • Slave traffic, breaking up the, 183.
  • Somaliland, British, formerly belonging to Egypt, 226.
  • Somaliland, Italian, a possession of little value, 225.
  • Sphinx, view of from the Great Pyramid, 81;
  • visit to, 84.
  • Suakim, on the Red Sea, 224.
  • Sudan, projected irrigation works in the, 136;
  • agricultural possibilities of the, 176.
  • Sudan, Port, on the Red Sea, 224.
  • Sudanese, a strange people, 191.
  • Sudd, immense swamps of the, 137.
  • Suez, at end of the Canal, 217.
  • Suez Canal, diversion of traffic to, 209;
  • cost of toll, 210;
  • its history, 210;
  • compared to Panama Canal, 212.
  • Suez, Gulf of, length, 220.
  • Swahili, principal native language of Central and East Africa, 241.
  • Tanta, agricultural centre, on the Nile, 31.
  • Temple of Karnak, obelisks at, 122.
  • Tewfik Pasha, talk with, 58.
  • Thebes, archæological excavations at, 117;
  • greatest city of antiquity, 126.
  • Tobacco, production of, in Egypt, 39.
  • Travel, cost of, in Africa, 144.
  • Tuti Island, a Mahdist position facing Khartum, 182, 187.
  • Uganda Railway, travel on the, 243;
  • cost of construction, 247;
  • American bridges used, 247;
  • lions kill many during construction of railroad, 250.
  • United Presbyterian Church mission school at Asyut, 76.
  • Valley of the Kings, archæological excavations in the, 117.
  • Victoria, Lake, altitude, 247;
  • cotton plantations being established around, 302.
  • Wakamba, tribe of East Africans, 284.
  • Wellcome, Henry S., founder of research laboratories at Khartum, 200, 205.
  • Whirling Dervishes, fanatical actions of, 46.
  • Windmills, American, used for pumping water along the Nile, 33.
  • Wingate, Sir Francis Reginald, Governor-General of the Sudan, interviews with, 175, 181.
  • Women, as labourers in Central Africa, 172.
  • Zagazig, agricultural centre, on the Nile, 31.
  • Zebra, in East Africa, 271.