216 APPENDIX III.

BONCHAMP'S JOURNEY TO THE UPPER SOBAT, 1897-98.

The expedition of M. de Bonchamps, which left Addis Abbaba (Abyssinia) for the Nile in 1897, is reported to have worked from Gore (8° 5' N. lat. and 36° 40' E. long.) down the Baro River, along its left bank, crossing the Gelo and Alworu Rivers, on to a hnge desolate marshyplain, which it traversed for 125 miles.

Twenty-five miles further on, the junction of the Baro with the Juba (or Upper Sobat) was reached. The Jnba was here 150 yards wide, deep, with a strong current, and full of crocodiles. Not being able to cross it the expedition returned (Christmas, 1897) to Abyssinia.