Chapter XIX. Send a Party to Reconnoitre.

Name: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs - Chapter XIX. Send a Party to Reconnoitre.
Author: Samuel White Baker

Ahead of the Camels—The Maarif—View from the Peak—The Rhinoceros attacks the Horse—The Bullet saves him—Arrival of the Horses—The Rhinoceros Hunt—Ridden to bay—Arrival of Birds of Prey—Habits of Vultures—The Marabou Stork—Sight, not Scent, directs the Vulture—Abou Seen—"Last but not least"—Route to Nahoot Guddabi—Arrive at the Atbara—Last View of the Atbara—The Atbara Exploration completed.

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Chicago: Samuel White Baker, "Chapter XIX. Send a Party to Reconnoitre.," The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs in The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs Original Sources, accessed July 10, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YKR5TZIDEDV7Y1.

MLA: Baker, Samuel White. "Chapter XIX. Send a Party to Reconnoitre." The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, in The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs, Original Sources. 10 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YKR5TZIDEDV7Y1.

Harvard: Baker, SW, 'Chapter XIX. Send a Party to Reconnoitre.' in The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. cited in , The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. Original Sources, retrieved 10 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3YKR5TZIDEDV7Y1.