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 360
294 SAVAGE SUDAN (v) “ Hell’s Gate ” The Nilotic landscape in these regions has, as already indicated, completely changed its character. Level marsh and low-lying forest have given place to an environment of rocky mountains. Giant boulders stud the river sides and even project into the unaccustomed … “ Balancing ’’—(Marabou). Wing-expanse, 103 \ inches ; weight, 13 lb. stream. The change rejoices eyes wearied by 1000 miles of irksome monotony ; but it adds a new peril to naviga¬ tion. Hitherto we had freely and carelessly bumped up against papyrus-barriers, or “cannoned” off marsh-girt banks.…
Hunting -- Sudan · Natural history -- Sudan · Sudan -- Description and travel
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