. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 28 EASTERN ETHIOPIA III gi-ass-covered lull, when suddenly the Papon Falls, or cascades of Jinja, come into view. The river at its origin divides Uganda on the west from Busoga on its east l)ank. Speke on his second journey (1863) saw the falls from the Uganda side ; tourists are conducted to them by a well-kept pathway on the east side. As we traversed the footway, humped cattle grazed amidst a tiock of buff-backed herons, busy picking ti
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 28 EASTERN ETHIOPIA III gi-ass-covered lull, when suddenly the Papon Falls, or cascades of Jinja, come into view. The river at its origin divides Uganda on the west from Busoga on its east l)ank. Speke on his second journey (1863) saw the falls from the Uganda side ; tourists are conducted to them by a well-kept pathway on the east side. As we traversed the footway, humped cattle grazed amidst a tiock of buff-backed herons, busy picking ticks from the backs of oxen. On reaching the falls we found the rushing water carrying over large fish ; the natives were busy securing some of them with spears. The ferry, as in Speke's time, runs across the gulf above the. Baijrns donnac. The vusliing deep gveeii waters can}' large tisli over the falls ; the natives who haunt tiie coves with their spear- like harpoons secure some of tlieni. falls, but the crocodile and hippopotamus have retreated to the deep and silent pools a mile or so below, where the shores, thickly covered with trees, reeds, and rushes, are rendered dangerous by the dreaded tsetse-fly. The rocks and trees in the river imnjediately below the falls are crowded with herons, cormorants, and egrets. One of the most conspicuous birds around the lake and head-waters of the Nile is the Vociferous Sea- Eagle. This, the handsomest of all the sea-eagles with its white head, neck, breast and tail, but chestnut belly, looks superb perched alone on the top of a high tree and sometimes on a telegrapli post for hours, occasionally. 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 Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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