S p e c ie s in c e s t .®.
“Soada” m Oualkaifc et Mareb (Taurotragus ?).
“ Uorobo,” an Godjam, Agow (Hippotragus).
“ Ouoademli.” Mareb, Oualkait (Hippotragus).
“ E l Mor.” Sennaar, Fazogle (Nanotragus?).
“ E l Khondieh.” Kordofan (Eedunea?).
“ Om Khat.” Kordofan (Gazella ?).
“ El Hamra.” Kordofan, Bajouda (Gazella?). CHAPTER XXII.
WE LEAVE THE D1NDER.
Foe, some days we continued our journey along the
banks of the Dinder, and as the monotonous river
turned towards the junction with the Blue Nile, a few
miles distant, we made a direct cut across the flat
country, to cross the Rahad and arrive at Abou Harraz
on the Blue Nile. We passed numerous villages and
-extensive plantations of dhurra that were deserted by
the Arabs, as the soldiers had arrived to collect the taxes.
I measured the depths of the wells, seventy-five feet
and a half, from the surface to the bottom ; the alluvial
soil appeared to continue the whole distance, until
the water was discovered resting upon hard sand, full
of small particles of mica. During the march over a
portion of the country that had been cleared by burning,
we met a remarkably curious hunting-party. A
number of the common black and white stork were
hunting for grasshoppers and other insects, but
mounted upon the back of each stork was a large
copper-coloured flycatcher, which, perched like a rider
on his horse, kept a bright look-out for insects, which
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