The Nile 



the gardens surrounding each and all, speak for 

 the excellence of Belgian enterprise in these 

 outlandish parts. 



From peaceful Nimule a hundred miles of 

 unnavigable river, of falls and shallows, of rapids 

 and rushing water, break the spell until Rejaf, 

 on the Belgian side, is reached. The river valley 

 becomes narrower and still more narrow, the 

 scattered boulders Qfrow more numerous. On the 

 banks mighty Duleil palms rock their feathery 

 tips in the soft breeze conjured up by the swiftly 

 moving waters ; a group of lofty tamarinds marks 

 the place where the path suddenly deviates from 

 the river to lead over the hilly heights of its 

 confining valley, and the way for the most part 

 leads over their summits, till down we fall to the 

 Fola rapids. Thorny acacias, sharp-edged grasses, 

 and rocky rubble characterize the descent ; and 

 here on the western bank the great Kuku 

 Mountains of the Congo begin. 



The Rhine, beloved of tourists and renowned 

 in poetry, is hard to beat for picturesqueness in 

 those parts where one gets peeps of chateaux u?td 

 schlossen amongst the trees ; but for pure, wild, 

 appalling grandeur in the heart of a rugged, 

 rock-bound country, with the " Peace of Africa " 

 calling its loudest, I'll take the Nile for its next 

 forty miles. 



A series of tempestuous, tumbling rapids, 

 through dark and gloomy gorges, clothed with 

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