From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . KNIFE FROM ANZANDE COUNTRY. chiefs knife fkom anzande cocntey. brick house for the inspector has been completed, and the majority of thewhites, to the number of about ten, are housed in baked-brick are several large whale-boats, and more in course of erection. Atone time there were a thousand Askaris, a number which has been reducedsince the reconnaissance of Commandant Henry towards the north, whichascertained that the Dervishes had retreated xid Rumbek and Meshra er Rektowards Kordofan. The high bank on
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . KNIFE FROM ANZANDE COUNTRY. chiefs knife fkom anzande cocntey. brick house for the inspector has been completed, and the majority of thewhites, to the number of about ten, are housed in baked-brick are several large whale-boats, and more in course of erection. Atone time there were a thousand Askaris, a number which has been reducedsince the reconnaissance of Commandant Henry towards the north, whichascertained that the Dervishes had retreated xid Rumbek and Meshra er Rektowards Kordofan. The high bank on which the station stands being thepromontory at a sharp bend of the river, is being rapidly eaten away bythe stream, and the water-edge is now thirty yards further back than ayear ago. This shows to what an extent and with what marvellousrapidity the Nile changes its course. The quantity of fish is prodigious,and an Anzande fisherman keeps the station dail}^ suiDplied with fish of 260 FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO the best quality. Some attain to a weight of 200 lbs., and sev
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