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utilised to a great extent. The land road is good and

through cultivated country. " At Lahore the country comes down more abruptly to the river on both sides. The river continues of much the same character as between Kiri and Lahore up to the

junction of the Asua with, it, when a series of more serious rapids occur, which terminate in a steep rapid, with a fall of about 1 in 6, known as the Fola Rapids. For about 2J miles beyond this the river is free from any obstacle up to Dufile and even to Lake Albert. The land road passes along the river's edge, the chain of mountains on the west bank coming down close to the edge, and

leaving a small plain at their base. This continues nearly up to the point of junction of the Asua, where the country ends in a steepish. cliff on the river bank. The road

crosses the River Tyoo, a considerable stream 9 miles from Lahore. Eight miles further on it leaves the river

bank, and, crossing several torrent beds, it follows the foot of the hills to near Dufile. This part of the country is a wilderness.

" The only real difficulty in the navigation of the Nile

is the Fola Rapid. The abruptness of the land on each,

side of the rapid prevents any hope of towing a boat or steamer through it.

" Just above these rapids the country opens out into a vast plain, bounded on the west by the Kookoo Moun-

tains.

" The Nile from Dufile to Lake Albert is very sluggish, and papyrus isles abound in it. The west bank is well

cultivated, but the east bank is generally deserted."

It need perhaps hardly be remarked that the channel, and even bed, of the Nile varies from year to year, and that therefore even the most accurate surveys (such, as Lieut. Watson's in 1874) do not hold good, as regards

details, for any length of time. Ernin Pasha, writing in

1878, found many variations from the above-mentioned

survey, and still more would there be 20 years later.

Landing Places.

As for landing places on the White Nile, Gordon states that in the stretch between Fashoda and 100 miles north

of it, * people do land, but it is over your knees in the