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SAVAGE SUDAN 
detect more than one or two living- creatures per hour 
of train-journey. But here, in the Nubian Desert, the 
watcher might not see one in a week—or a month! 
Such is the Northern Gateway of the Sudan ; for at 
Wadi Haifa we strike the Nile once more; Egypt proper 
begins, and here we bid— 
“Farewell to Savage Sudan.” 
Colour and Light. 
