Population. 55 As these tribes are nomad, it follows that the localities given above are subject to alteration.

It must also be remembered that the Khalifa Abdullah summoned the bulk of the Baggara to Omdurman in 1889, since which time they have lost considerably in numbers.

It will be noticed, that the Baggara of Darfur are included in this list. The camel breeders (Siat Ilbil) of Kordofan are much Camel fewer in number than the cattle breeders. They comprise breeders -only the Kababish and the Beni Grerrar. Of the former very large tribe, which used to inhabit in great numbers the desert between Dongola, Es Safiya, and Omdurman, barely 1,000 fighting men are now left ; of these but few reach as far south as Kordofan. In 1884-85 this tribe assisted us greatly with transport, but on our retirement they were left alone to cope with the Mahdist forces and were almost annihilated by them.

The Beni Gerrar, perhaps 700 fighting men in all, pursue their occupation in the neighbourhood of El Obeid, between that town and the Nile, and in the northern portion of Kordofan.

Of other nomad tribes which breed neither camels nor other tribes, cattle, the following are the principal ones :— Name.