DUFLI. 303 CHAPTER II.

DUFLI TO RUBAGA.

DUFLI (lat. 3 34' 35" N., long. 32 20' E., Dr. E.)

is a well-built Egyptian station on the banks of the Nile. The streets are wide and clean, and the huts are nicely made of grass, while the Government Houses, which are very roomy, are built of sundried brick. There are large magazines made of burnt brick, and a well-ordered boat-building yard is a prominent feature of the place. The whole is surrounded by an excellently constructed wood stockade, and is defended by three field-guns. The officials have good gardens, well stocked with the usual Arab vegetables ; and on the east side of the river are large tracts of country overspread with dhurra, which is cultivated to a large extent. The river is broad and navigable as far as the Liita Nzige (Albert Nyanza).

Two steamers have their headquarters at this station, the Nyanza and the Khedive, the latter being a very strong twin-screw boat, 100 feet in length, built by Samuda Brothers. The steamers are kept in good condition, and in the Khedive the passenger finds comfortable cabins, and has the