. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OP LAKE CHAD 99 inhabited islands of good elevations and weU clothed with maio bush, which the Budumas call " ; At length after going for a distance of ten miles we reached the Kanem coast at a place called Wunnda. The shore line. buduma)huts''on kaera-baqga at this point is very much fretted, and Wunnda itself during a rise of water must be cut off from the mainland, for marshy channels lie behind it. Here I saw a large amount of potash which had come a five days' journey from the interior of Kanem
. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OP LAKE CHAD 99 inhabited islands of good elevations and weU clothed with maio bush, which the Budumas call " ; At length after going for a distance of ten miles we reached the Kanem coast at a place called Wunnda. The shore line. buduma)huts''on kaera-baqga at this point is very much fretted, and Wunnda itself during a rise of water must be cut off from the mainland, for marshy channels lie behind it. Here I saw a large amount of potash which had come a five days' journey from the interior of Kanem. The potash is made in flat, cone-shaped blocks weighing 30 lb. each, eight of which are sold in Bornu for a dollar. Kanem appeared to be a most desolate country of nothing but sand-dunes covered with scrubby mimosa, the branches of which were whitened by the wind-swept sand. On May 19 the Kachella and his men said^good-bye]^to us and we went southwards to Bui, a small French station. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910; Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945. London, E. Arnold
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