The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-03-12

regions as Kordofan, Seminar, the Blue
and White Niles, the Bahr-el-Ghazal
and the wild hills fring1ng the Red
sea.
South Of Khartoum the railways has
now been extended through Wad Me-
DAM to Seminar, where 1t turns from
the Blue Nile and cuts across coun-
try to the westward to Kosti on the
White Nile. This extension will short
~ reach 81 Obeid. at one time the
headquarters Of the Mahdi, in the cen
ter Of \ region from which already
vast quantities OF grain. gum. cattle
and foodstuffs are being exported.
The towns and markets OF these wild
and little known regions are extra
ordinarily interesting: yet the latter
day tourist u brought easily. cheaply
and expeditiously to these places. and
may contemplate a. safely as II he
was In Cairo the manners and modes
Of life Of savage peoples to whom less
than = score Of years ago the white
man was utterly unknown. For those
who wish to push yet further into the
heart Of Africa, the Sudan government
steamers now ply far up the White
Nile until Rejaf, In the Uganda coun-
try. IL reached. On this expedition.
which Is made on a roomy, comfort
able boat, carrying . chef and fitted
with electric light, baths, mosquito
shelters and so forth, an infinite va
riety Of wild life and savage scenery
Is to be met with. After reaching
Eoz Abu-Guma, one hundred and sew
enty-five miles from Khartoum, the
land Of the pastoral Arabs and cult
vators is left behind, and the country
of negroid races Is entered upon.
Forests creep right up to the Nile,
and game Is plentiful. Hippos, croco-
dies and antelope are often seen, and
further on CRATES, elephants and 9TH
er interesting beasts may frequently
be noted. Waterfowl Of innumerable
varieties give Life and charm to the
riverscaps, and strange and huge
fishes, for which Father Nile has al
ways been famous, will be observed
among the native flsher-folk. The
Dinkas and ShiIluks live mainly by
fishing and hunting. and pursue their
business In long. narrow "dug-outs-
or small ambach RATS, equally as rick
city a. the canoes. Accidents to
these wild sportsmen often hap
pen. their most troublesome neigh
bors being the hippos, which are very
numerous. Passing Kodok. once IA
nous as Fashoda In Major Marchand's
time, Tan6kia, the headquarters OF
the troops on the Upper Nile, Is reach.
ed. at five hundred and thirty miles
distance from Khartoum. Four
miles further, the sobat. which has
found Its way from the highlands Of
Abyssinia. joins the Nile. Presently
the Bahr-el-zeraf (fve hundred and
sixty-five miles) is reached. Here
elephants. buffalo, hartebeest. water.
buck and reedbuck are plentiful. and
the rare and beautiful Mrs. Gray's wa.
terbuck Is to be heard Of for the flrst
time. At six hundred and fifteen
miles from Khartoum, Lake No ia an.
tered. and turning sharply to the
south the steamer bears into the Rahr.
el-Jebel. tho main stream OF the unner
White Nile system. This stream
once choked with "sudd," il now
cleared Of that obstacle; the sud- II.
self Is being specially treated and
turned into a valuable and marketa.
BILE commodity In the shape Of fuel
On through the sudd regions speeds
the steamer; lakes and laooons
abound, and papyrus reeds form tho
cnief vegetation. From Kech, on the
shambe lagoon, route lies to Wan
the tiny capital Of the Bahr-el-Chaya,
province. Beyond the old site of
ken1ssa, once an Austria mission 60
ton, the scenery changes. tho vaao
tation becomes more tropical, and the
Bari negroes are to be observed Tbo
Lado Enclave Is reached at ono tho,,
sand and seventy-two miles and nros
entity Gondokoro and a garrison -,
Uganda rifles. The next and last ston.
ping place Is Rejaf. whence the steam
er returns to Khartoum. Tho Who'll
OF this interesting White Nile avn
dition, including the return ,o,rns
can now be made In round trim ~
twenty-four days. As a revelation -,
savage Africa there is nothing to com
pare with 1t In modern travel -,
shorter expeditions, one Of the
interesting is the round trim fron,
Cairo to Khartoum. returning nv Dr..
Sudan. on. the Red Sea. w