Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



excellent natural haven for the steam-launch and 

 steel boats which comprise the Nile flotilla. This 

 bay is some four hundred yards across, and is 

 fairly deep in the middle. Across the water the 

 Congo mountains, that constitute the watershed 

 between the Nile and Congo basins, are clearly 

 visible, to the north-west the sugar-loaf peak that 

 stands behind Belgian Mahagi being easily 

 distinguishable. 



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We will break off here temporarily, as the 

 voyage down the Nile is described elsewhere, and 

 it would infringe on the copyright of another 

 chapter to talk about that mighty river here. 

 Besides, if she thought she was being treated 

 with undue levity it might hurt her feelings ! 



If we hadn't gone to Butiaba, we should have 

 marched forty-four miles from Masindi to Fajao 

 and the Murchison Falls, where the Nile breaks 

 through the steep rocky escarpment which wan- 

 ders all round this side of Lake Albert. We 

 should have taken a course due north of Masindi 

 instead of the west-north-west point we made to 

 Butiaba. At Fajao we should have crossed the 

 ferry in a big dug-out canoe, taking several trips 

 to convey the loads of tents and food across, and 

 thence we should have had a. dry, hot, dusty 

 march for some fourteen days to Nimule by way 

 of Fatiko, which used to be an important station, 

 but is now abandoned, as well as Wadelai on the 

 Nile bank. 



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