. Bird hunting on the White Nile; a naturalist's experiences in the Soudan. Birds -- Africa; Africa -- Description and travel. A Barren Waste. 21 dom palms, the hard round fruit of which is nicknamed Dervish bread, are a delight to the weary eye. From this point onwards the country is less uninteresting. Mimosa scrub and stunted acacia trees struggle for an existence in the gritty sand, dark rocky hills rise in the. THE RIVER BANK, OMDURM\X. distance, and a group of gazelles or a flock of small birds may now and again be seen. We passed many a place made famous by conflict- Berber, the Atbara
. Bird hunting on the White Nile; a naturalist's experiences in the Soudan. Birds -- Africa; Africa -- Description and travel. A Barren Waste. 21 dom palms, the hard round fruit of which is nicknamed Dervish bread, are a delight to the weary eye. From this point onwards the country is less uninteresting. Mimosa scrub and stunted acacia trees struggle for an existence in the gritty sand, dark rocky hills rise in the. THE RIVER BANK, OMDURM\X. distance, and a group of gazelles or a flock of small birds may now and again be seen. We passed many a place made famous by conflict- Berber, the Atbara with its fine bridge, Shendy opposite Metemma^and at length arrived at the railway's unpretending southern terminus, Halfaya, a collection of a few huts upon the sand on the north side of the Blue. 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 Witherby, H. F. (Harry Forbes), 1873-1944. London, The Office of "Knowledge"
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