May 29, cont. aboaurd Nile atr. 
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much wider. The greatest handicap to further progress is the back and 
forth windings of the sloughs or channels, never long in the same 
direction, we may have the sun on our right, left, ahead or behind, 
mostly it's on the left though, still it's a regular three feet forward 
and two back sort of affair, much as with the mountain roads we traversed 
getting down to Huindi camp, and later, from Bukavu to Uvira, or have I 
said this a page or two back. It's a nice and restful trip so far. 
Ve were rather tired after the many daysa-tour and this our first day 
out was a lot of lolling around, and some napping I must confess on 
the part of all of us to a greater or lesser degree. The “yQ^ger” 
fellows seemed to be harder hit than the older ones. 
And now the upper Nile scenery,— frcmi Juba on flat and level 
savannahs, or swamps, occasional higher (yet still low) ground with 
scrubby trees, but mostly with tall grass cover so high and deep that 
an elephant can hide in it at least vdien lying downj standing up you 
can see no more than half his back, his upllftcxJ trunk, and huge 
flapping ears. Along here I*ra telling you of two days esiperiences. 
We*ve seen mapy elephants, (to the 29th a few scattered individuals, 
today the 30th, many more}— Sight after breakfast 5 , though at first 
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could discern but three huge forms in the tall grass but as the skipper 
blew the whistle, two others stood up, and one in defiance, perhaps, 
raised his trunk high over his head in the threatening manner used 
elephants about to charge or attack. VH.th a further blast they tui*ned 
away. Then before lunch a little further aws^ than the first group 
we saw a seldcm seen sight, 0 a herd of some $9>60 animals, semte of 
apparently great size. Certainly these elephants reach a far greater 
