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Bird Hunting on the White Nile. 



about as many hours. Of course the railway, both as 

 regards permanent way and rolling stock, has vastly 

 improved since the days of the expedition which culmi- 

 nated in the battle of Kerreri and the capture of 



Omdurman, and it has been extended from the Atbara, 

 its former southern terminus, to the banks of the Blue 

 Nile opposite Khartoum. 



We travelled up in the last so-called tourist train 

 of the season. This train was put together at Haifa, 



