Savage Sudan : its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life (1921)
Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) · London ; Edinburgh : Gurney and Jackson · leaf 111
VOYAGE UP WHITE NILE 65 —that is, in the dry season — the “khors” are simply broad stagnant ditches, from a foot or so to . . . I know not what maximum depth. Traversing blind cane-jungles 8 or 10 feet high, neither their depth nor extent can be foreseen. You first realise the presence of a “khor ”… … This morning (Jan¬ uary 28th) we won Pied Kingfisher. through, despite the darkness before dawn. Then in the gloom appeared two savages, great stalwart blacks, practically naked, and each bearing a spear with a head like a coal-shovel — I afterwards measured one of these murderous lance- heads, 15…
Hunting -- Sudan · Natural history -- Sudan · Sudan -- Description and travel
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