Ten years in Equatoria; . rk ; the difficulty of keep-ing them together with their loads at the least threat of rain, theirfrequent desertion, sometimes with their burden; a thousand caresand molestations; the perpetual discomfort, which greatly increasedthe difficulty of proceeding; all these causes had a material andmoral effect upon the state of my health, which was still precarious. After having passed through the Baginse group of mountains,and overcome the watersheds between the Duru and Dongu, wedescended a gentle slope to a valley of the latter, passing overrivers and streams of little
Ten years in Equatoria; . rk ; the difficulty of keep-ing them together with their loads at the least threat of rain, theirfrequent desertion, sometimes with their burden; a thousand caresand molestations; the perpetual discomfort, which greatly increasedthe difficulty of proceeding; all these causes had a material andmoral effect upon the state of my health, which was still precarious. After having passed through the Baginse group of mountains,and overcome the watersheds between the Duru and Dongu, wedescended a gentle slope to a valley of the latter, passing overrivers and streams of little importance, such as the Boduma, theGaugua, and the Nyawa, and reached the village of Tawil (April1881). This country is peopled by Sandeh, a laborious and lessmistrustful race than the neighbouring tribes ; the territory is fer-tile, mostly cultivated with Indian millet, tdalun, beans, groundnuts {arachis), and tobacco, besides bananas. It is ruled by variouschiefs, who are quite despotic, except that they acknowledge the. AN ABAKA NEGRESS.
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