Sobdt ; Bahr ez Zeraf. 27 Ascent of the Sobdt.

For the first 60 miles the country on both banks is flat prairie and marsh, with a few low forests and huge grasses. Nuer tribe, numerous villages, harmless people. Many crocodiles and hippopotamus. Birds and game, ostrich, antelope, and lion numerous. Deleb palms ; floating vegetation occasionally met with. Banks, 12 to 18 feet high, left bank highest; slow current; no trees right bank. Villages :—