Ten years in Equatoria; . outh, blow suddenly on the lake; the water becomesdark, waves fall one upon the other, and the storm rages, whistlingand thundering, the bearer always of desolation and affliction. Itoften appears so quickly that boats at a short distance out have notime to reach the land. The lake is inhabited by enormous crocodiles, which at themouth of the Victoria Nile are to be seen by thousands. Thesereptiles, however, are not actively hunted, there being in thecountry a large supply of fish and hippopotamus flesh. For fishing they use big iron hooks fastened at intervals to a l
Ten years in Equatoria; . outh, blow suddenly on the lake; the water becomesdark, waves fall one upon the other, and the storm rages, whistlingand thundering, the bearer always of desolation and affliction. Itoften appears so quickly that boats at a short distance out have notime to reach the land. The lake is inhabited by enormous crocodiles, which at themouth of the Victoria Nile are to be seen by thousands. Thesereptiles, however, are not actively hunted, there being in thecountry a large supply of fish and hippopotamus flesh. For fishing they use big iron hooks fastened at intervals to a longline, which is left in the water all night, and taken away very earlynext morning. The lake is rich in varieties of fish, some of which are of immensesize. The flesh is preserved by drying at a fire or by smoking taste and smell acquired by the fish during this preparationmay be improved by wrapping it up in earth for a few hours beforecooking it. Boats, some of considerable size, are formed from trunks of trees. SALT FROM MINERAL EARTH. 323 hollowed out; they are large enough to allow the natives to carry-on commerce between the two coasts, especially the salt trade, animportant branch of industry diffused over distant points of thisextensive region. The greatest quantity of this article is obtainedfrom the Kibiro salt-mines, and is the main source from which theinhabitants of that land obtain their livelihood. At Kibiro, the natives gather some whitish earth from theground, permeated by a stream of mineral water which flows fromMount Kitana, and spreads its wealth in the neighbourhood. Thisearth is placed eight inches thick in rectangular trenches, preparedfor the purpose, and constantly filled with water. After a certainlapse of time, sufficient to saturate it with salt, this water is takenout and boiled for a long time in earthenware vessels. The salt precipitated by evaporation is then dried, wrapped upand moulded into blocks, which are hung from the roof of the
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