Ten years in Equatoria; . d in this manner sixty-sixtimes in the course of seventeen days,for thus long it took us to arrive at theend of our journey. I had followed thework attentively, and was pleased withthe self-denial of the blacks, who, in spiteof being treated harshly and withoutpraise, were always diligent, obedient,and contented. LAbu Markitb (Fatherof the Shoe), the Balteniceps Rex,showed itself in rare cases ; these birdsare remarkable for their immense sizeand the original form of their beaks. The river continued in-creasing in width, and in themeadows bordering it wereimmense troo
Ten years in Equatoria; . d in this manner sixty-sixtimes in the course of seventeen days,for thus long it took us to arrive at theend of our journey. I had followed thework attentively, and was pleased withthe self-denial of the blacks, who, in spiteof being treated harshly and withoutpraise, were always diligent, obedient,and contented. LAbu Markitb (Fatherof the Shoe), the Balteniceps Rex,showed itself in rare cases ; these birdsare remarkable for their immense sizeand the original form of their beaks. The river continued in-creasing in width, and in themeadows bordering it wereimmense troops of ele-phants. The cries of the soldiersand the whistle of the enginedisturbed the placid feedingof the large pachyderms,who, terrified at our visit andthe unusual noise, took pre-cipitate flight. I could neverhave believed in the rapidityof action and velocity of suchlarge animals ; one of themalways remained at a dis-tance, as sentinel, to watchthose whom they supposedand feared to be ene- We arrived at —p^ K^^ii:-. mies Bahr-el-Arab and El-
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