. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . r more tende?Ifhan mine ministered to his last necessities. Celebrated Tribe of the expedition was sailing past the country inhabited by thtShillooks, the largest and most powerful black tribe on the banks of theWhite Nile. They are very wealthy, and possess immense herds of cat-tle; are also agriculturists, fishermen, and warriors. Their huts areregularly built, looking at a distance like rows of button mushrooms,They embark boldly on the river in their raft-like canoes, formed of the THE FAMOUS VALLEY OF THE NILE. 47 excessi
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . r more tende?Ifhan mine ministered to his last necessities. Celebrated Tribe of the expedition was sailing past the country inhabited by thtShillooks, the largest and most powerful black tribe on the banks of theWhite Nile. They are very wealthy, and possess immense herds of cat-tle; are also agriculturists, fishermen, and warriors. Their huts areregularly built, looking at a distance like rows of button mushrooms,They embark boldly on the river in their raft-like canoes, formed of the THE FAMOUS VALLEY OF THE NILE. 47 excessively light ambatch-wood. The tree is of no great thickness, andtapers gradually to a point. It is thus easily cut down, and, severaltrunks being lashed together, a canoe is quickly formed. A war partyon several occasions, embarking in a fleet of these rafts, have descendedthe river, and made raids on other tribes, carrying off women and chil-dren as captives, and large herds of can be more melancholy and uninteresting than the general m. NATIVES OF THE NILE REGION. appearance of the banks of the river. At times vast marshes alone couldbe seen, at others an immense expanse of sandy desert, with huge ant-hills ten feet high rising above them. While stopping at a village on the right bank, Baker received a visifrom the chief of the Nuehr tribe and a number of his followers. Contrary to the usual custom, this tribe possesses land on both sidesof the Nile, which in the midst of their territory spreads itself into a lake. 48 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. The Nuehr are a fine-looking race of savages, and very like savages theylook. The men are tall, powerful, and well-formed, but their featuresapproach the negro type, and are heavier and coarser than those of thetribes which have been previously mentioned. The women are nottjearly so good-looking as the men, and are rather clumsily Cheap Style of Dress. Neither sex is much troubled with clothes. The males never wea
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