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the slavers. It was a hunting-ground where the Sultan of Darfur formerly hunted 

 human beings to pay his debts. The Mandaras are nearly all Mahommedans, like 

 their neighbours on the banks of the Bahr-el-Arab. They have allied themselves 

 with the Baggara and !N^uer to attack the Egyptian garrisons in the riverain 



Fig. 37. — Inhabitants of the Zariba Region. 

 Scale 1 : 6,000,000. 



Jl/ge^t 



b . nf breenwich 



120 Miles. 



countries, but they were repulsed many times by Governor Lupton near the village 

 of Mayendut. 



The Fertit country forms the ethnological boundary between the clothed and 

 naked populations. This contrast, combined with those of the physical features, 

 impresses travellers, who here seem to enter a new world. To effect its junction with 

 the Bahr-el-Ghazal and Nile, the " River of the Arabs " in its lower course winds 

 across Negro territories. Denka tribes and peoples of the great and warlike Nuer 

 nation occupy the swampy plains along its banks. 



