Chapter II: Part I: (geographical and Descriptive.)

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CHAPTER I.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

(_The Editor._)

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Boundaries; Population; Towns; Administration 1

Army 3

Revenue and Expenditure. (_Bernard_) 4

Communications 7

Resources and Commerce 7

Justice. (_Bonham-Carter_) 9

Religion 10

Education; Climate 11

Game; Slavery; Forests. (_Broun_) 12

CHAPTER II.

THE WHITE NILE.

(_The Editor._)

(i) Introductory — General — Flood — Historical 15

(ii) General Description (down stream);
Albert Nyanza to Mediterranean 16

(iii) River Discharges 17

(iv) Navigability: Boats and Steamers; Landing Places 19

(v) Climate: Winds; Temperature 21

(vi) Detailed Description (up stream);

Section (1). — Halfa to Merowe 22

(2). — Merowe to Khartoum 35

Description of Khartoum and Omdurman 47

(3). — Khartoum to Lake No 52

(4). — Lake No to Gondokoro.
(_Garstin_ and _Lyons_) 73

CHAPTER III.

NORTH-EASTERN SUDAN.

(_Morant._)

(Country bounded on the north by the Sudan-Egyptian frontier,
on the west by the Nile from that frontier to the mouth of the
Atbara, on the south by the Atbara and Abyssinian and Eritrean
frontiers, and on the east by the Red Sea.)