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... length from the mouth of its last tributary , the Atbara , until it meets the sea . Thus , eleven hundred miles of absorption and evaporation through sandy deserts and the delta must be sustained by the river between the Atbara junction ...
... length from the mouth of its last tributary , the Atbara , until it meets the sea . Thus , eleven hundred miles of absorption and evaporation through sandy deserts and the delta must be sustained by the river between the Atbara junction ...
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... length , are congregated all the inhabitants of the river , who as the stream dis- appears are forced to close quarters in these narrow asylums ; thus , crocodiles , hippopotami , fish , and large turtle are crowded in extraordinary ...
... length , are congregated all the inhabitants of the river , who as the stream dis- appears are forced to close quarters in these narrow asylums ; thus , crocodiles , hippopotami , fish , and large turtle are crowded in extraordinary ...
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... length , was a complicated affair to splice ; thus a delay took place in the act of starting , which was looked upon as a bad omen by my superstitious followers . The voyage up the White Nile I now extract verbatim from my journal ...
... length , was a complicated affair to splice ; thus a delay took place in the act of starting , which was looked upon as a bad omen by my superstitious followers . The voyage up the White Nile I now extract verbatim from my journal ...
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... length form floating islands . Saw many hippopotami ; the small hill in the Dinka country seen from the mast - head at 9.15 A.M .; breeze light , but steady ; the banks of the river , high grass and mimosas , but not forest as formerly ...
... length form floating islands . Saw many hippopotami ; the small hill in the Dinka country seen from the mast - head at 9.15 A.M .; breeze light , but steady ; the banks of the river , high grass and mimosas , but not forest as formerly ...
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... length , by one in width , varying according to seasons . Although bank - full , there is no stream whatever from the Bahr el Gazal , and it has the appearance of a back - water formed by the Nile . The water being clear and perfectly ...
... length , by one in width , varying according to seasons . Although bank - full , there is no stream whatever from the Bahr el Gazal , and it has the appearance of a back - water formed by the Nile . The water being clear and perfectly ...
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Abyssinia accordingly Africa African elephant Albert lake animals antelopes appeared Arabs arrived Atbara attack Bacheeta Baker bank Bari beads Blue Nile boats buffalo camels camp canoe carried cattle CHAP chief commenced Commoro crowd dead deserted distance donkeys Edit elephant Ellyria English expedition feet Filfil fire following morning formed giraffes Globe 8vo Gondokoro ground guns head heard herd high grass hippopotami horse hour hundred Ibrahim Illustrated immediately ivory journey jungle Kamrasi Karuma Karuma Falls Katchiba Khartoum killed king Koorshid Latooka loads M'rooli Magungo Mahommed marsh miles mountains natives night Obbo party passed plantains porters present procure Prof rain razzia Richarn rifle river rocks rushed Saat savage season Shooa shot slaves Sobat Speke Speke and Grant spot stream Tétel town traders trees tribe Turks tusks Unyoro vakeel Victoria Nile village vols waterbuck White Nile wife wild women yards
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