OLD AND NEW DONGOLA. 



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town does not exceed 7,000, which, however, is doubled when the peasantry return 

 from their fields in the neighbourhood. 



To travellers coming from the north, who are accustomed to houses with 



Fig. 93.— DoNGOLA AND THE ThIUD C.iTAKACT. 

 Scale 1 : SUO.OOO. 



6 Miles. 



terraces, Dongola offers a great surprise. They notice the inclined roofs, which 

 immediately point out the change in the climate, the transition from the dry zone 

 to that of the periodical summer rains. They also observe the incessant work of 



