102 Seven Years in the Soudan.

among marshes ; it is covered by a wood, on the borders of which the village stands. I should think this would be a ver} favourable place for a station, and to obtain fuel for navigation. The natives took to flight. There are many tracts of land excellent for cultivation, and very many bananas. The river is deep, and boats can approach easily. From Baro to Dufile, a distance of seventy-three miles, the river.