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sanatorium for consumptives could be found. The finest 
cattle, sheep, and goats I saw in Africa were raised on the 
plateau lands lying between the Webi Shebeli on the east 
and the river Nianam on the west, and between latitudes 
5° and 7° north. The number of elephants in this country 
is legion, and as the supply of tusks from Central Africa 
diminishes, it will be from here that the world’s supply of 
ivory will come. Some of the ivory finds its way to Merka 
and Modisha on the Italian coast near the mouth of the Jub, 
and only recently a trade has sprung up between the dis- 
tricts about Lake Rudolf and Mombasa. There will be an 
ever-increasing demand for cloth and articles of European 
manufacture, and a very lucrative trade will be established 
as the facilities for transportation increase. The country 
is most easily reached by way of Abyssinia. There are 
good roads from the French port, Obock, on the Red Sea, 
almost to its borders, so that France and Russia will have 
an advantage over other countries. 
I believe the best means Great Britain has at her imme- 
diate disposal of raising the English flag here, is that of 
sending an expedition across the country between the Nile 
and the River Nianam. This latter stretch of country 
remains still unexplored, but from what I saw of the plains 
eighty miles to the west of the Nianam, I am of the opinion 
that few obstacles, such as mountain ranges and swamps, 
are to be encountered. 
The great difficulty, perhaps, may be a lack of water. 
Doubtless the river Sobat takes its origin not far from the 
sources of the Nianam, and it would probably be advisable 
to ascend the Sobat to a considerable distance. Although 
this is England’s easiest way of approach, it would not be 
very difficult for the Germans to the south of the Tana 
River, or for the English, to reach the country in question 
by following northwards along my line of march between 
