26 SPORT IN THE EASTERN SUDAN 



tobacco, ghi, and other small luxuries, and every 

 European that I met in the Sudan coveted my Indian 

 domestics, and complained loud and long of the 

 short-comings of Arab servants. 



Since a large portion of the day will usually be 

 passed in midday halts, or in watching for game to 

 come down to drink, a small and carefully selected 

 library is an essential portion of one's outfit, but 

 here naturally individual taste can be the only guide, 

 though it is advisable that most of the volumes be 

 small enough to slip into a cartridge-bag. 



My watch and clock were put out of action very 

 early in the trip, and it is advisable that these useful 

 articles be duplicated. However, I found that the sun 

 and moon served as trustworthy timepieces, and in the 

 Sudan the normal rate of travel of the former is about 

 fifteen degrees per hour. After the equinox, it was 

 interesting to observe that the sun began to attain a 

 distinct northerly inclination. However, in Africa 

 one practically never walks the shortest distance 

 without one's guide or shikaris, and although I 

 always carried a compass I never actually required 

 to use it, even when the sky was over-clouded. 



Travelling on the Atbara and Settit was easy 

 enough, owing to the deep troughs of these rivers ; 

 but on the Rahad and Binder there are no 

 landmarks, and I think that I never failed to lose 

 myself on these two rivers, the Rahad in particu- 



