ii6 SERVICE AND SPORT IN THE SUDAN 



I left him being pursued by his sheikh like the bird 

 with a crumb is by his pals. 



Another attempt was made to locate the river from 

 the vicinity of Bor on the Bahr el Jebel. The party 

 sent out met with resistance, and its commander did 

 not feel justified in going on. 



My theories on the course of these rivers are, I 

 admit, worthless. Yet here they are. 



Where does the heavy sudd come from that we met ? 

 That on the sides of the waterways appeared composed 

 of quite different plants to it. Sir R. Wingate, the 

 Sirdar, thought at that time that the Pibor was, like 

 the Zeraf, a loop of the Nile. I incline to the belief 

 that it has its own swampy sources fed from the 

 Uganda highlands. 



The northern branch of the Agwei should be the 

 Ruzi, and the southern one, which is the more likely to 

 exist of the two, must rise or pass through some large 

 sudd-growing swamp. 



Soon after leaving Nasser we came upon the 

 Governor on his gunboat bringing up a relief party 

 to succour us, as he concluded that we were entangled 

 at the mouth of the " sudd-covered lake." He could 

 scarcely believe the map and report I showed him. 

 Although, had things been done properly, I would 

 have lost a very interesting experience, I cannot but 

 animadvert on the preparations for what might have 

 been an important expedition. It is true that I made 

 a rough sketch. But not only was I hurried off 

 without food, but I was given no books describing 

 the vicinity in which I was to work, not even the 



