Africa and its inhabitants . eanalogous to that of the neigh-bouring land of Kanem, wheregreen hills and leafy thicketsalternate with treeless spaces. Besides the rains, which beginin Tune, Tsad is fed by largetributaries, chiefly from Eornu inthe west, and from Baghirmi inthe south. From Bornu cometwo komodogii or rivers, whichin the dry season shrink to amere chain of lagoons, but whichduring the rains flow in a con-tinuous stream much too deepand rapid to be forded. The Yeu(Yoob^ of Nachtigal, Waub<^ ofliarth), has its farthest sourcesin Haussa Land, 480 miles tothe west, and it drains t
Africa and its inhabitants . eanalogous to that of the neigh-bouring land of Kanem, wheregreen hills and leafy thicketsalternate with treeless spaces. Besides the rains, which beginin Tune, Tsad is fed by largetributaries, chiefly from Eornu inthe west, and from Baghirmi inthe south. From Bornu cometwo komodogii or rivers, whichin the dry season shrink to amere chain of lagoons, but whichduring the rains flow in a con-tinuous stream much too deepand rapid to be forded. The Yeu(Yoob^ of Nachtigal, Waub<^ ofliarth), has its farthest sourcesin Haussa Land, 480 miles tothe west, and it drains the wholeof West Bornu, and apparently also the Babir territory on the Adamawa frontier,which is said to send it a tributary flowing for part of its course through anunderground gallery. Much more important are the contributions received from the southern regionswatered by the copious tropical rains. The streams, such as the Mbulu, rising inthe Mandara country, flow sluggishly over the level plains, expanding int9 vast t:i^:^. CBSt of Greenwich • |5° - Miles LAKE TSAD. 847 sheets of water, and for weeks and months together interrupting all communica-tions. Lake Tuburi is the centre of a series of lagoons presenting a continuouswaterway between the Upper Benue and the Tsad, wliile during the rains all thebranches of the Shari delta, on the south side, are merged in a common stream -iOmiles wide. When this great body of water reaches the lake it begins to riserapidly, attaining its highest level towards the end of November. The Shari, which in the local idioms has the same meaning as Tsad, is one ofthe great rivers of Africa, the piobleni of whose source, however, is not vetcompletely solved. At the same time, the TVelle of the ^lonbottu and Niam-Niam regions, supposed by Schweinfurth to be its upper course, is now knownto flow through the Ubanghi to the Congo. The farthest eastern headstreams of the Shari are probably over 600 miles from Fig. 171.—The Ba Bnsso, ok Easterx Sn
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