Africa . itches, is widelydiffused. 8. The Bahr-el-Ghazcd Water System. Dr. Schweinfurth, to whom we are indebted forthese details regarding tribes hitherto almost unknown,also visited the regions west and south of the Seriba dis-trict, throwing much light on their intricate water central river of the Seriba region is the Dyur, thesources of which Schweinfurth discovered at MountBaginze in the east of the Nyamnyam country. It is oneof the most considerable tributaries of the Bahr-el-Ghazal. The farther we proceed westwards from the Dyur the EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 23 more the land rises, th
Africa . itches, is widelydiffused. 8. The Bahr-el-Ghazcd Water System. Dr. Schweinfurth, to whom we are indebted forthese details regarding tribes hitherto almost unknown,also visited the regions west and south of the Seriba dis-trict, throwing much light on their intricate water central river of the Seriba region is the Dyur, thesources of which Schweinfurth discovered at MountBaginze in the east of the Nyamnyam country. It is oneof the most considerable tributaries of the Bahr-el-Ghazal. The farther we proceed westwards from the Dyur the EGYPTIAN SUDAN. 23 more the land rises, thus indicating the approach to thelimits of the Ghazal basin towards the central elevatedtable-land of the continent. The spacious district betweenthe upper Dyur and the Tonj, which flows also from nearMount Baginze, serves as a pasture-land for the elephantand the antelope, a peculiar appearance being given to itby the numerous mushroom-shaped termite or ant hills,constructed by the little Termes A MITTU. 9. The Mittu Tribes. Still farther east of the Tonj we meet the river there are several tribes with special names occupy-ing the country between these two rivers, still they allresemble each other so much in appearance, language, andhabits, that Schweinfurth considered himself justified in 236 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. comprising them all under the general name of Mittu, inaccordance with the practice of the Nubian traders. These Mittus appear to be most nearly akin to theBongo, by whom, however, they are surpassed both intheir physical and mental characteristics. The land occu-pied by them is fertile, but of domestic animals they pos-sess only the goat, the dog, and poultry ; hence to theDinkas, rich breeders of cattle, they also are known bythe term of reproach Dyur or savage. 10. The Nyamnyam Cannibals. Schweinfurths most important undertaking was hisjourney southwards to the land of the Nyamnyam, inwhich he remained for a long time about the
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