. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OF LAKE CHAD loi course, I luckily picked up the direction of Jose's boat, for on finding that I was not following he had placed sticks with pieces of paper tied to them in the water at intervals. Round. KUKI CUTTING NEAR SHAM MOUTH the south-east corner of the Lake the country becomes marshy in a depression that was once the mouth of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, a river that has been choked by the drifts of sand blown westwards from the Soudan. The same influence is seen in the sand-dunes that are gradually being piled up i
. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OF LAKE CHAD loi course, I luckily picked up the direction of Jose's boat, for on finding that I was not following he had placed sticks with pieces of paper tied to them in the water at intervals. Round. KUKI CUTTING NEAR SHAM MOUTH the south-east corner of the Lake the country becomes marshy in a depression that was once the mouth of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, a river that has been choked by the drifts of sand blown westwards from the Soudan. The same influence is seen in the sand-dunes that are gradually being piled up in the country between Dikwa and the south shore of the Lake. We were now following a path through the reeds that had once been cut by the Kuri for the French, who use it as a means of communication by water between the Shari and their station at Bui. About fifteen miles before reaching the Shari mouth, we left the great belts of sombre maria behind and came out of. 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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