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Bird Hunting on the White Nile. 



of the AVhite Nile, 

 about 150 miles south 

 of Khartoum, and 

 there we stopped and 

 made our first collect- 

 ing camp. 



A reference to the 

 accompanying sketch 

 map will give an idea 

 of our route. We 

 marched as a rule close 

 along the river, which 

 was in many ways 

 more convenient and 

 pleasant than the 

 desert track. At high 

 Nile the route by the 

 river is impossible, as 

 much of the land is 

 then flooded, and long 

 detours here and there 

 are necessary to avoid 

 the " Khors " (equiva- 

 lent to the South 

 African "dongas "), 



Sketch Map, sJiou'inj KoiUe aiid Collecti 

 Camps. 



