Writer: Sir Samuel White Baker

The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon Sir Samuel White Baker PREFACE. Upwards of twenty years have passed since the ‘Rifle and Hound in Ceylon’ was published, and I have been requested to write a preface for a new edition. Although this long interval of time has been spent in a more profitable manner than simple

The Albert N’Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile And Explorations of the Nile Sources. by Sir Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.G.S. Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society. To Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN I dedicate, with Her permission, THIS BOOK, Containing the Story of the Discovery of the Great Lake From which the

In The Heart Of Africa By Sir Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.G.S. Condensed By E.J.W From “The Nile Tributaries Of Abyssinia” And “The Albert N’yanza Great Basin Of The Nile.” CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Nubian desert–The bitter well–Change of plans–An irascible dragoman–Pools of the Atbara–One secret of the Nile–At Cassala CHAPTER II. Egypt’s rule of

Etext prepared by Garry Gill (garrygill@hotmail.com) Eight Years’ Wanderings in Ceylon by Samuel White Baker CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Colombo – Dullness of the Town – Cinnamon Garden – A Cingalese Appo – Ceylon Sport – Jungle Fever – Newera Ellia – Energy of Sir E. Barnes – Influence of the Governor – Projected Improvements. CHAPTER

CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879 by SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.S.A., F.R.G.S., &c. Author of “Ismailia,” “The Albert N’Yanza,” “The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia,” “Eight Years in Ceylon,” “The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon.” CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. ARRIVAL AT LARNACA CHAPTER II. THE GIPSY-VANS ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES CHAPTER III. ROUTE TO

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK, WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION, TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, AS THE FIRST OF ENGLAND’S ROYAL RACE WHO HAS SAILED UPON THE WATERS OF THE NILE; THE LAKE SOURCES OF WHICH MIGHTY RIVER ARE HONOURED BY THE NAMES OF HIS AUGUST PARENTS. PREFACE. THE work entitled “The Albert N’yanza