CONTENTS. m— CHAP. I. CONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN . II. REVOLT OF THE MAHDI—GORDON PASHA SIEGE OF KHARTOUM AND RELIEF EXPEDI TION UNDER LORD WOLSELEY . III. THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCES — LUPTON BEY AND EMIN BEY IV. DR. JUNKER AND CASATI—THE NIAM-NIAM— THE MONBUTTU V. PRISONERS IN THE SOUDAN .... VI. RETURN OF DR. JUNKER VII. THE RELIEF EXPEDITION—TIPPOO TIB . VIII. ON THE LOWER CONGO IX. THE DISTRICT OF THE FALLS .... X. STANLEY POOL XI. ON THE UPPER CONGO XII. THE CAMP AT YAMBUYA XIII. FIFTEEN MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY: IS HE KILLED, UNABLE TO LEAVE, OR A PRI SONER?—THE WHITE PASHA *