Maroh, 1910. ~79- 
March, 1930. ~80- 
(267) Mongalla which is the southern limit. I+ is almost confined to the Banr- : 
(270) many miles. ‘The mission is in & beautiful grove of largeeBorassus palms, 
el-Ghagzal, only touching the white nile near Lake No. 7: Steamed down the 
the surrounding country being a flat grassy plein of heavy black soil. 
Behr-el-Ghazal. During the morniug 7 or 6 Halaenicens were seen, two of 
“he only game which ocours in the neighborhood known to the missionaries 
which were shot, one by (268) 7.2. on the wing and another by %.i, on the 
(271) were Red-fronted Gaselies, (272) Siang and vaterbuck. The skilluks to the 
All of them were seen sitting exposed an< itary in the short 
number of 100 men gave a dence in the attornoon. They are fine large men 
the sgountry where it 
many over 6 feet and the warriors use a large ovel shield of elephant, 
Met Salvey who had an board two downy young Balaeniceps 
erocodile, hippo, giraffe or ox hide ond e wide bladed spear 
ion he had captured during the morning. Arrived at hake Ho sat 4 
th 
they use & long slender spixe spear with numerous barbs upon 
and sighted “re. Gray's Cots in the same place where the first 
dance and song was very much Like that of the Kikuyus. Hany of men 
shot. 7.2. went after the herd and shot #n old %. KR. went out in a 
wore aliout thelr loins leopard or serval cat skins, &lse0 heavy armlets of 
different direction and shot an old mle white-esred Cob. The * marin has 
ivory on the biceps. heir hair was cut into various 
the hoofs bare on the pesterns and the hair whorl berinning in the middie 
if has been stiffened with cowdungs, A few had anklets and head 
f the back like the male. Iwas with "JH. and could hear dlsatinctly at 
white hair resembling Colobus and others hed long streamers of 
400 yards the constant srunting of the mavins. “his noise is very pir-like 
the heads, A common necklace wan & giraffe tail affair 
and seems to characteristic. It is probably made when ther are agitated 
Avweived at Vaufakia et dark and picked wp the 
but it is quite constant in volume. (269) 6: 
then steamed down the river. 10: Reached Fodok at 10 A.M, and went 
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returned in the afternoon to the 
ashore to the village. ‘The village is made up largely of oubians, arabs, 
a 
one % from a herd of about 26 which were feeding in the 
a fe~ Skilluke and Dinkas. At 6 P.M. we reached the Kaka wood-station 
in nasd ground. Sereral other solitary black males 
and remained until dark. ‘vent ashore for hirda but shot only 4 fev wavers. 
were seen. "he herd wes composed af one black mele, 4 or 5 immature 
+ 
Saw a number of Arvicanthus abyssinicus, ane of Which I shot. Buffalo are 
yellowich males with rather lerge hor ind femhlies with vous. ne. der 
. , 7 os * : 7 
de i nt in th icinivys. On the river dvring tr 
4 
woe 
@ days trip we 
ture males in the herd were colored like ¥,R's of yesterdays One of the 
hippo, one herd of 6 on somo banks had their backs out of waters 
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old males had no hair in the postemn of his fore feet and every little on 
or yeare erocodiles were seen along the bank at the waters edge. 
his hind feet but there was no lar ree space above the false hoofs, and + 
Mo of them were 12 feet or less in length, Birds were very numerous, 
perhe oat v cae 
hoofs, however, were not elonsated as thorne of C,. pfria, All 
¥ ry 
many brown pelicans tree-ducka, snake birds, glossy lols, waite egrets, 
leucotis hovever show a tendency to lo the hair on their pasterns. Saw 
white bittern, blue and purple herons and fish eagles. Country flet with a 
oribi end one herd of Giraffe some distance away. “he Capt. reported 
fringe of thorn trees back on (275) the high ground but no thorn Sree belts 
eecing 2 few faselles. “here (270) is no avemp flone the “eref, the eround 
“he Nile fringed by a margin of marsh grass with fev 
being dry and covered with long grass and in pleces proves of thorn trecas 
A 9 t4 
papyrus anywhere. 21; Heawy head wind all 
Stopned et n wood atetion over night. G: Left the wood station at $.50 
Met two boats of newspaper men who rede visits of sorie hours. 
shot a ¥ waterbuck; the only game he could find before lesvings 
at noon. “he rn trees which border the river are large green trees about 
ashore for two hourvs but saw no game. Covmntry covered by a 
tne size and aodlar ¢ hone alone the Athi River. Very fer tahl treea sean 
11 scrub. Sheaned up the Sobat to the American “Mission where we 
40 occur here ambatoh is quite cormon in the long e@rass which , borders the 
the afternoon. The mission is elinated on & small rine of 25 feet, 
river. » nosh: wide-spread tree or plant on the Nile. The branching 
known ¢ leliet Hill, the only rise ebove the sorrounding level combry for 

