Ten years in Equatoria; . le and those of theDongu, formed by the heights which extend from Ndirfi towardsTomaya and Gabologgo, has near Tendia a convenient depressionfor passing into the territories of the Makraka. By following the valley of the Dongu and the banks of thatriver as far as Ba, and then taking a direction to the north-east,one reaches the Tendia table-land. The road is easy and good, andnot broken by swamps or large rivers. The Garamba, which canbe forded in the upper part of its course, is the largest of long grass cover the country, and are inhabited bynumerous
Ten years in Equatoria; . le and those of theDongu, formed by the heights which extend from Ndirfi towardsTomaya and Gabologgo, has near Tendia a convenient depressionfor passing into the territories of the Makraka. By following the valley of the Dongu and the banks of thatriver as far as Ba, and then taking a direction to the north-east,one reaches the Tendia table-land. The road is easy and good, andnot broken by swamps or large rivers. The Garamba, which canbe forded in the upper part of its course, is the largest of long grass cover the country, and are inhabited bynumerous buffaloes and antelopes. The native villages are sur-rounded by large and rich fields of Indian millet and o^Bassia Parhii grow everywhere. The fruit of this plant isof a delicate taste, and is used by the natives to prepare a vegetablegrease, much used among them. The population on the right bankof the Uongu is composed of Sandeh people ; a small colony ofMadi and Abukaya inhabiting the upper Garamba THE CHIEF RING 10. 173 Sandeh and Loggo people, whose language and customs are inaffinity with the Monfu, dwell on the left bank of the Dongu. From the Kibali the land gradually rises without abrupt eleva-tions from 2200 feet (670 metres) above the level of the sea, to2650 feet (810 metres) at Tendia, where we arrived on the twelfthday after our departure from Tangasi. We had good weather, and found the ground dry, and littlewater in the rivers. At Kabayendy I was met by Ringio, the chief of the Bombe,thus called by the Sandeh of this place. He had been an employewith Petherick, and afterwards entered the service of the EgyptianGovernment. Endowed witli an iron hand and a great amount ofgood sense, he had succeeded in disciplining his people, who werenot only naturally inclined to freedom, but also to disorder. During Gordons government, he lent his services, with fourthousand workmen and carriers, for carrying the sections of thetwo steamers, Klicclive and N
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