CHAPTER XVin.
MY fLIGHT.
1 escape from (he Town by Night — My Guides, Zcki Beta! and
Mohammed— A Scare — 130 Miles In Twenly-four Houis — Oar
Camels break down — HidiDR in the Giiif Mountains — Frecauliona
agahist Surprise — Anival of Fresh Camels — Our Journey to the
Nile — The Crossing — Frieudly Sheikhs — Narrow Escape from a
Ivga armed Parly of Mahdiats — Difficulties with my Guides —
Hamed Garhosh the Amrabi — Out of Danger — Assuan at lait—
Congratulations and Welcome — Arrival in Cairo — Meeting with Old

It was tfaree hours after sunset. We had offered the
evening prayer with the Khalifa, and he had withdrawn to
his apartment. Another hour passed without interruption.
