. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . nmiles short of Jebel Achmet Agha. The latter was theappointed tryst, but we were told that there was no prac-ticable landing-jslace there. I may here observe that alanding can be effected anywhere in the dry season,but wet khors, which traverse the marsh, and whichoften run parallel to the river for many miles, hinderthe passage of loaded animals; and it is therefore onlyat certain points, not always easy to perceive from theriver, from which a sound path can be found across themarsh to the solid ground beyo
. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . nmiles short of Jebel Achmet Agha. The latter was theappointed tryst, but we were told that there was no prac-ticable landing-jslace there. I may here observe that alanding can be effected anywhere in the dry season,but wet khors, which traverse the marsh, and whichoften run parallel to the river for many miles, hinderthe passage of loaded animals; and it is therefore onlyat certain points, not always easy to perceive from theriver, from which a sound path can be found across themarsh to the solid ground beyond, where the thorn-junglebegins, that a traverse can be effected. As we neared the supposed site of Tereba there wasnothing visible but the usual wall of reeds. Our reisseemed in doubt of its real position and appealed fre-quently to the Renk Arabs, who scanned the bankanxiously and seemed puzzled. There was no villagehereabouts or other sign of human occupation; but atlength they seemed to identify some group of thorn-treesor other landmark, and we drew into a small spot of bare. THE WHITE NILE 61 bank. Here we were soon engaged in treading down thereeds and otherwise making a practicable causeway where-by to land our horses, donkeys, and the two or three sheepwhich had not been consumed on the voyage. All handsnot engaged in woodcutting busied themselves in trans-porting our equipage to a fairly sound spot in the jungle,two hundred yards from the river. Our nuggar cast offfrom the babur and moored to the shore. It was hence-forth to constitute our reserve storehouse and base on theriver, as well as post-office. It was to move up-streamparallel with our caravan marching along the native path,wThich is sometimes close to the river and at others two orthree miles from it. It was to wait for us at certain landing-places, and would receive and hold all messages for the outerworld, in token of which it carried at the end of the longyard-arm a certain signal-flag by day and lantern
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