The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-19

/ The towns and markets Of these wild
and little known regions are extra
ordinarily interesting yet the latter.
day tourist is brought easily, cheaply
and expeditiously to these places, and
may contemplate as safely as II be
was In Cairo the manners and modes
Of life Of savage peoples to whom less
than a score Of years ago the white
man was utterly unknown For those
who wish 10 push yet further into the
heart OF Africa. the Sudan government
steamers now ply far up the White
Nile until Rejai, in the Uganda coun'
try, is reached or this expedition,
which is made on a roomy, comfort
able boat, carrying a 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-fve miles from Khartoum, the
land of the pastoral Arabs and culti'
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
diles and antelope are often seen, and /
further on giraffes. elephants and 9th .
er interesting beasts may frequently
be noted Waterfowl Of innumerable
varieties give life and charm to the
riverscape, and strange and huge
fishes. for which Father Nile has al.
ways been famous. will be observed
among the native fsher-folk The
Dinkas and Shilluks live mainly by
fishing and hunting and pursue their
business in long narrow dug outs"
or small ambach RATS. equally as rick.
ETY. as the canoes Accidents to
these wild sportsmen often hap
pen, their most troublesome neigh
bors being the hippos. which are very
Passing Kodok. once ia.
nous as Fashoda in Major Marchands
time, Tanfkia. the headquarters Of
the troops on the Upper Nile, is reach.
ed, at five hundred and thirty miles
distance from Xhartoum Four
miles further. the Sobat. which has
found its way from the highlands OF
Abyssinia, joins the Nile Presently
the Bahr-elZeraf five hundred and
5ixty-fve milesl is reached Here
elephants, buffalo hartebeest, water
buck and reedbuck are plentiful, and
he rare and beautiful Mrs Gray's wa.
erbuck is to be heard of for The first
line. At six hundred and fifteen
niles from Khartoum. Lake No is en-
cred, and turning sharply to the
south the steamer bears into the Rahr.
'l-Jebel the main stream Of the Upper
White Nile system This stream.
rnce choked with "sudd." is now
'leared Of that obstacle; the sudd IT,
elf is being specially treated and
urned into valuable and marketa.
lie commodity in the shape Of fuel
On through the sudd regions speeds
he steamer; lakes and agoons
bound. ard papyrus reeds form the
hief vegetation From Kiech. on the
jhambe lagoon, route lies TO Wan
he tiny capnal of the Bahr-el.Ghazal
rovince Beyond the old site OF
,enissa, once an Austria mission sta.
ion the scenery changes. the yege-
alton becomes more tropical and the
tart negroes are to be observed The
ado Enclaye is reached at one thou. '
and and sevenIy-two miles. and pres
ntly Gondokoro and a garrison of Z
Iganda rifles The next and last stop i
ing place is Reiaf. whence the steam. t
r returns TO Khartoum The whole s
f this interesting White Nile expe-
ition. including the return journey. Y
an now be made in a round trip of
ventyfOur days AS a revelation of &
avage Africa there Is nothing to com. Il
are with it in modern travel or 7
lorter expeditions. one of the most a
lterestng Ia the round trip from
AFRO to Khartoum, returning by Port
udan. on the Red Sea s.