Chapter VII: South-Western Sudan

(_Boulnois._)

(THE BAHR EL GHAZAL.)

1. Introductory 153

2. General Description 153

3. Rivers and Water Supply 154

4. Administration 154

5. Resources. (_Boulnois_ and _Broun_) 154

6. Climate and Hygiene. (_Haymes_) 156

7. Forestry. (_Broun_) 157

8. Communications and Transport 159

9. Tribes 159

10. Game 161

11. Religious Beliefs. (_Cummins_) 162

12. Dinka and Bongo Vocabulary. (_Cummins_ and _Türstig_) 163

13. Itinerary of Bahr el Ghazal River:—Lake No to Meshra
el Rek. (_Garstin_, _Peake_, _Editor_, etc.) 165

CHAPTER VIII.

WESTERN SUDAN.

(_The Editor._)

(KORDOFAN, DARFUR, AND SHILLUK COUNTRY.)

Section 1. — Kordofan. (_Lloyd_):—

1. General Description 173

2. Inhabitants 178

3. Towns 181

4. Animals 182

5. Climate and Health. (_Stallard_) 183

„ 2. — Darfur. (_Morant_) 184

„ 3. — The Shilluks and their Country. (_Editor_, etc.) 192

Appendix: History and Religion of Shilluks.
(_Banholzer_, _Giffen_, etc.) 197

CHAPTER IX.

NORTH-WESTERN SUDAN.

(_Morant._)

(Country west of the Nile, south of latitude 22° and north
of Kordofan.)

Section 1. — Desert west of the Nile and north and west of
Wadi El Gab). (_Hodgson_, _Currie_, etc.) 201

„ 2. — Wadi El Gab. (_Turner_, _Colvile_, _Hunter_,
_Garstin_) 204

„ 3. — “Bayuda Desert.” (_Fowler_, etc.) 207

Report on El Ein. (_Carey_) 210

CHAPTER X.

COMMUNICATIONS

(_The Editor._)

Section 1. — Railways. (_Macauley_) 213

„ 2. — River Communications. (_Bond_) 215

„ 3. — Roads 217

„ 4. — Riding and Transport Animals 217

„ 5. — Posts and Telegraphs. (_Liddell_) 218

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