The sun., 1878-07-21
THE LAND EAST or THE NILE
The story of schweinrrth's Latest Expiorn-
lions In Afica.


CA1Ro Juuo t9 1879 Mvsiav in tLe doac,t
hos hoo,, I,,,,,o ,,',, -, ,Iy r '"I 80.
to the bad state Of my health and the abnormal
rainfnu Tho curo,ivo rrnnor,,oa ~ ,ho dosor,
,at,S - Nv '"','o p'V''oi''o9 VI ".o uV9cI
'"'ieu on lle present occnsion TO exercise Their
wontcd effect upon my health Altogether was
ahsont duriny so,o,,,, ,,, ,,a,,. t,,,,, ,i, oo,L
-, Nra.at A., Il o., wv ""'o' iiV''' ''o N''"
y, ""ich 10 'he Vth ol June. 'hc goal OF my eN-
plorations having been tract lying between
,,,,,.I - 'Ou ''"' previously huruy
Kwddoyuatu upVn TX eAplorers Starting from
crossed NO. less tEa, 10 a, ,ne north 81 Alil
G., cane pack to the Nile valley. opposite The town
From Kud,ioYoh T,ra,,oua,,, 7 ,,,, o.,
ha, and ,pni,, , tne v,aRe dibi-
,nila vai auu E3inR eLst reached Maii Bshrach The
Niin ~ viatb @ uuro ,i uiu'' 10 the Naiiry ol te
dircciinr" ,,,rJ ~ ,I osou , III a sD,uinraSt"ry
il nn ihn snv,i '"o s'oop ""'s "hlch Oouhd
~ W now trhxxcneI along the loot on the north
bnig6t GY ~ 1an NV & 1"irln y p.euu allalnhE
nbir niof, a., ,h ,uoi 1T G uss''s ~, TX Nu,.n Icurk-
i'm cxt"nt sin c"ninuin, u 'i;'" ,n m,v vn',aam ',am
IT,, nv "a, er 'tun"s,ery VI ~, hhlpnlos. INV
Xrahah in nrdnrp,n w. n"u t,i,,e M Ui .mc "u
~ ,uvSspnt.ncu - pi ,nc Vnuelh ny circultpus ROAD To
sif ,I 1ip ~ ~, rHu Wilue Iolowlng my,
furnch ~ nm Vai ;Gi4 S y, hi1 houn,ans; ne % M IT,
eastsrn edge 22t thc Galalq high above nc mon
sstcry cnricbcJ M Nv ii, i,,'s i ;, v's. t 'l"i,
"r,a,oous 'ouu 49, w w vo'pssn piss WIN MoTils pi
u,tnroI ~ w. vu r n'i'', 10 lun,i IN .no
rolt III Wa nnuh b oiusvWin9 tne h,,eri
travelled gouth to Ciebel ON cl Tennsrb The frst
high mountain ~ Tho Tgvntinn Cnrdilern
Accounting Wndi ON cl Ionnsch / avnin
rcached Tho edpo nf the sunJsione ,cTrnne
Inon which the grcot Wndi 'rarfeh risna Frcn,
fhe summit of Ills tcrrncn eninvei n ,uosi ex
tensive view In the w"st I s,,Iv No ed'n ri ihc
nlatnan prndualiv decpensin,, in bcioG ,or,nrd
HE snt,I In tbc enst tbs ipnu,innrahIe couimni
md snrrntni st,n,nf,s ~ ,I,n oIne, rn,,,,r ,,r"
snnied themseiv"s ,aonsistin,, af s,ronitc
yrnuitic tornLvrv .,1 I.ru 60, ,r.J ram
tic"niu ~ ~ PdN,g' tni.V va l, Vtht
rnnrn going nor,hword fron, Knssnir nro III"
ihc GeGcl Harba. called sugar. ioafd on
Naroais cl,nrt ~
Going south. followed wadi Ghayoln into
Mndi Hnnashi.sh and raced tLc lntt,rtn where
it leaves The granitic mountiins Prom tho
mouth nf Nndi Unnaehirsh turned soutienet
in the direction nf "A rrmurknbln ,r,,un of lime
stone hills which risp In thn midst If M Ill
tornl t,lnin nnd nitnin :, b"i,ht nf / AID fe"f
These hills nre of tn.iinrv fornintinn and
abound in corais. Cocoon. ,,n'l crninrrniis ro"i,s
cron ont nj thr fnni nf th"ir much -diatirh"d
strata This disturbance /. duo no dnum to
the range of rcd uorphyritic hills which o.
tends thence 10 the ruins OF Myos kormns in
latitude y 90 north tprmin nnting nonr The son
ana forming range running parallel with tho
great coast range which nitaius nbout four
Zines their height Gcbel Sort with its btu
minOus spring and sulphur beds form. a soc-
ond shorter parallel range. consisting of
granite and granitic porphyry
Going sout iwc.t first reach.l Wnli Mangdl