| 单词 | White Nile |
| 例句 | Beyond those swampy lands is the White Nile River. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z En route lies the confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers, the Gala Abu Ahmed fortress dating from 400 B.C., ancient Egyptian temples, prehistoric petroglyphs, Nubian archaeological sites and the pyramids of Meroe. From Botswana to Zambia, New Lodges, Resorts and Tours 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It follows a narrative written by Ziyada in the early 2000s that chronicles the life of a child in 1960s in a remote village, located between the Blue and White Nile rivers. A Sudan in transition presents first-ever film for Oscars 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z The Blue Nile meets the White Nile in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, before winding northward through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Aid agency Islamic Relief reports that some farmers have resorted to eating sorghum and millet seed stocks, depleting the amount available for planting, with the situation worsening particularly in Darfur, Kordofan, White Nile and Sennar. Insight: Fighting in Sudan leaves farmers struggling to get crops planted 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z On Monday, residents reported air strikes in Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri, the three cities that make up the greater capital, separated by the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile. Air strikes hit Khartoum as seven-day ceasefire approaches 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The crocodiles are increasingly rare to find in the Blue and White Nile rivers that cut their way through the country. Fears over scores of zoo animals caught in Sudan crossfire 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Early on Tuesday, black smoke could be seen hanging over the capital Khartoum, which lies on confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers. Sudan conflict drives 100,000 over border amid crumbling ceasefires 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The RSF accused the army of violating it with air strikes on its bases in Omdurman, Khartoum's sister city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, and Mount Awliya. Airstrikes, artillery continue as Sudan fighting enters third week 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Other countries have also been evacuating their citizens, and the UN refugee agency said around 33,000 refugees fled from Khartoum to refugee camps in Sudan's White Nile state. Sudan crisis: NHS doctors told they can catch last UK evacuation flights 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Many people in Khartoum - including the large number fasting during Ramadan - have been forced to brave the fighting to collect water from the White Nile River. Sudan fighting: Khartoum violence mapped as civilians flee city 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Tanks stood guard at a bridge over the White Nile River and other locations. Fighting rages in Sudan hours after cease-fire was to begin 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Tanks stood guard at a bridge over the White Nile River and other locations in the Sudanese capital. U.S. diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan amid new truce appeal 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Following international condemnation, the White Nile state court retried the case. Sudanese woman sentenced to stoning death will go to jail instead 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z She was attending a monthly checkup at the Mingkaman reproductive health clinic in this town on the White Nile River, and it might be her last. Women’s clinic in South Sudan a casualty of distracted world 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z During colonial times, the British created one of the world's largest irrigation schemes between the Blue Nile and White Nile. Hausas in Sudan: The pilgrims' descendants fighting for acceptance 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In al-Shigla, across the White Nile from the capital Khartoum, residents crowding round private tankers selling water said their local water supply has been dry for weeks. Sudan's economy sinks as post-coup leadership searches for support 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Nubia lay south of Egypt between the first cataract of the Nile, an area of churning rapids, and the division of the river into the Blue Nile and the White Nile. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, the White Nile and its tributaries swelled to levels people said they had never seen. Trapped by rising water Soba, named after an ancient city situated, like Khartoum, at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, became what the government calls a “squatters camp,” mostly for Darfuris. Africa’s rising cities This state is usually spared from extreme flooding that plagues the South Sudan states of Jonglei and Unity that border the White Nile and the Sudd marshlands. In South Sudan, flooding called ‘worst thing in my lifetime’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Abbas noted historically large flows for the White Nile, reaching 120 to 130 million cubic meters this rainy season, compared with a typical 70 to 80 million. Sudan says Ethiopian dam made no impact on floods this year 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Ethiopia is building the dam on the Blue Nile, which joins the White Nile in Sudan to become the Nile River, and about 85 percent of the river’s flow originates from Ethiopia. World Digest: Jan. 10, 2021 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z The Blue Nile joins the White Nile in Sudan to become the Nile, and about 85% of the river’s flow originates from Ethiopia. Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will ‘blow up’ dam 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z That attack came after another 10 people were killed on Tuesday, including five in the White Nile state, three in Omdurman and two in Khartoum’s Bahri neighborhood. Sudan death toll rises to 60 after Khartoum pro-democracy sit-in 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Under a sharp midmorning sun in the capital, Elizabeth Kenyi and her husband, Johnson Ali, plucked vegetables from their garden along the White Nile, a tributary of the Nile. In South Sudan, a Never-Ending Hunger Season Puts Millions in Danger 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Situated west of the White Nile, Juba was first conceived as a permanent station for Christian missionaries in 1920 and quickly became an administrative and commercial centre for the region. Juba in the spotlight: ongoing turmoil in the world's youngest capital 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z She started building a home less than a mile from the White Nile river. South Sudanese civilians fear the U.N. can’t protect them from a massacre 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Ethiopia, the source of the Blue Nile which joins the White Nile in Khartoum and runs on to Egypt, says the dam will not disrupt flow. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan sign new Grand Renaissance Dam agreement 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It crashed into a farming community on an island on the White Nile River, but it is not clear how many of the victims and survivors were passengers and how many were on the ground. South Sudan plane crash baby 'conscious' in Juba - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Back at the UN camp, plans are quietly under way to be ready to deal with another 40,000 people who may yet cross over the White Nile to seek sanctuary and food. Malakal: The city that vanished in South Sudan - BBC News 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The sliver of land on the White Nile risks deteriorating into famine without aid, the U.N. groups warned. Four Million Face Food Shortages in South Sudan: U.N. 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The town of Malakal, a major trading hub on the White Nile, changed hands six times. What chance of peace in South Sudan? 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z The town is important symbolically as the capital of Upper Nile state, occupies a strategic position on the White Nile river, and is the gateway to South Sudan’s only remaining operating oilfields. South Sudan's armies gear up as fighting season approaches 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Uganda is also in the midst of a major hydropower expansion, with a series of dams being constructed on the White Nile, which originates from Lake Victoria in the country's south-central region. China Outpaces U.S. in African Energy Investment 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z When she crossed the White Nile, her father was shot by government troops and died two weeks later, she said. Death Toll Rising, 2 Sides Sign Pact to End South Sudan War 2014-05-10T00:21:24Z Water hyacinth is a weedlike aquatic plant that grows in the White Nile River south of Khartoum. Khartoum Journal: Sudanese TV Show, Without the Cutthroat ‘You’re Fired,’ Rewards Entrepreneurs 2014-02-18T02:03:12Z Here refugees wait for haircuts at a barber’s shop on Monday near a border refugee camp in White Nile state. Africa in pictures: 24-30 January 2014 2014-01-31T15:48:31Z Many other terrified residents tried to flee as well, he said, either by road or across the White Nile. Old Rivalries Reignited a Fuse in South Sudan 2014-01-01T02:07:58Z He said the advance of the rebel forces sent civilians fleeing across the White Nile by the hundreds as fighters burned homes in their path. Uganda Issues Warning Over Fighting in South Sudan 2013-12-30T18:49:59Z Last year a hydropower dam that Sithe built on the White Nile began producing power in Uganda, where a lack of reliable electricity had hobbled the East African nation's economic growth. Bruce Wrobel, Investor In Africa, Dies 2013-12-12T18:39:09Z During colonial times, the British created the vast Gezira scheme, an irrigated area between the Blue Nile and the White Nile that produced cotton for the factories of north west England. Sudan hopes tech will transform farming 2013-12-05T23:37:22Z Mr Wood will be initially following the route of the longer White Nile, until it joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum in Sudan. Ex soldier 'to walk length of Nile' 2013-12-01T10:18:56Z In the suburb Omdurman at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile, policemen beat some 300 student protesters with batons to end the demonstration. Protests erupt as Sudan's Bashir unveils austerity plan 2012-06-18T18:22:59Z Those who have flown home are part of a group of some 15,000 southerners stranded in Kosti, White Nile state. South Sudan refugees flown home 2012-05-14T15:19:59Z More than 12,000 South Sudanese stuck in Kosti port in White Nile State for up to a year, were flown back to their country in an evacuation assisted by the International Organisation for Migration. Day in pictures: 14 May 2012 2012-05-14T13:29:23Z These two Niles amalgamate in Lake Albert, under the well-known name of White Nile. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z While the source of the White Nile is disputed, Mr Wood will start in Rwanda and travel through six countries and some of the most remote locations on earth. Ex soldier 'to walk length of Nile' 2013-12-01T10:18:56Z Not from the White Nile, for that river drops nearly all its suspended matter in the broad expansions and slow current of its channel south of the tenth degree of north latitude. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The other variety is met with along the White Nile, in Lower Egypt, and at various points on the African coast of the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Our fleet is too inefficient, the White Nile is too far, our position at Fashoda was untenable, alas.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z This lake was the source of the White Nile, up which Baker was forcing his way, the very year Stanley started on his expedition. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It would sit on the west bank of the White Nile river. South Sudan planning to move its capital from Juba 2011-09-04T17:47:58Z They traditionally come from west of the White Nile and are affiliated by some to the Kordofan Nubas, by others, more justifiably, to the negro Shilluks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z One result of the Egyptian occupation of the country was that the slave trade was largely developed, especially in the White Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z "Football is a medium to bring people together," Soro said, sitting under a tree at the White Nile Lodge, a dozen footballs and stacked orange cones at his feet. South Sudan marks statehood with football match 2011-07-10T19:22:15Z The world's newest capital, Juba, is strung out along the banks of the White Nile river, lacking basic infrastructure, including reliable power, water and sewage systems. Finishing touches 2011-07-06T23:27:01Z This great river, about 4000 miles in length, rises as the White Nile, three degrees south of the equator, drawing its waters from the Central African lakes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z We have seen that, at the town of Khartoom, the Blue and the White Nile unite to form a single stream. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z After Sudan's first civil war ended in the 1970s, a Belgian company built the White Nile Brewery in Wau. Sudan's south finally able to slake its thirst for beer 2010-05-11T15:44:00Z Voting had not begun at all in White Nile state on Sunday, opposition representatives said, after ballots were printed incorrectly -- twice. Sudanese call for voting extension after poll delays 2010-04-12T10:30:00Z One night when we were camped on the western bank of the upper White Nile we heard a mighty chorus. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Bari, a negro people of Africa, dwelling on both sides of the White Nile, between lat. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis "I had now seen quite enough to satisfy myself that the White Nile, which issues from Victoria Nyanza at the Ripon Falls, is the true or parent Nile." The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It receives the Victoria Nile from the Victoria Nyanza, and the White Nile issues from its northern extremity. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide In my opinion the Khalifa will have some difficulty in retaining his posts on the White Nile. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 On another occasion, on the White Nile, I one day took with me, to show me game, two natives of a village near our camp. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open You are well aware that during the term of five or six years that they were governors of the Soudan their great object was to put down the Slave-trade on the White Nile. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 The town of Khartoom is situated just at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile streams. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The swamps of the White Nile exhale a malarious atmosphere, unfavourable to human life, but not adverse to the growth of a picturesque vegetation. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Of these one is situated close to the bank of the White Nile, and its roof is ornamented with two gigantic hippopotamus heads. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 The journey up the White Nile was difficult. In Desert and Wilderness It occurs among the Hassanyeh Arabs of the White Nile, where the wife passes by contract for only a portion of her time under the authority of her husband. The Truth About Woman The White Nile has its rise in the great equatorial lakes, together with the Victoria and the Albert Nyanza Lakes. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The Sobat valley is much more attractive to the eye than the course of the White Nile. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The latter left with only a small body of troops, but numbers joined him on the way, especially when he reached the White Nile; so that he was not afraid of advancing towards the capital. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 You will ride now," he said, "alongside of the dense floating masses in the White Nile or the so-called 'sudds'. In Desert and Wilderness February 27, 1884.—I have sent Stewart off to scour the river White Nile, and another expedition to push back the rebels on the Blue Nile. General Gordon A Christian Hero The Nile is formed by the union of two rivers, the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The lake is about 7 m. long from west to east, and the Bahr-el-Jebel, after passing through its eastern corner, changes its name to Bahr-el-Abiad or White Nile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" To our right lay the White Nile, flowing between its green banks, beyond it the Blue Nile could just be seen, and the ruins of Khartum were visible behind the thick belt of palm-trees. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 They might encounter negroes, either refugees from the banks of the White Nile or natives. In Desert and Wilderness Between the two stretched the island of Tuti, and at each end of the wall, on the White Nile as well as the Blue, Gordon had stationed a santal or heavy-armed barge, carrying a gun. The Life of Gordon, Volume II The country is traversed by the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The exploration of the river followed the ascent of the White Nile by the Egyptian expeditions of 1839-1842. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Under the very nose of the Government he collected a small body of faithful adherents, set off with them for the island of Abba on the White Nile, and there openly declared himself. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Khartoum lies on the left bank of the Blue Nile—Bahr-el-Azrak—rather more than three miles south of its confluence with the White Nile—Bahr-el-Abiad—at the northern point of the Isle of Tuti. The Life of Gordon, Volume I That I admit; but the provinces lying to the east of the White Nile should be retained, and north of Sennaar. The Life of Gordon, Volume II Galton travelled in the north of Africa, on the White Nile and in the western portion of South Africa between 1844 and 1850. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Two days later they arrived at the bank of the White Nile. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Hitherto we heard only vague rumours, but the news of the defeat and death of Wad Makashef on the White Nile encouraged us to hope on. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Sir Samuel Baker, in his book, 'The Explorations on the White Nile,' relates an incident where he came to a village which had two graveyards, on opposite sides of the road. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages It has since been proved to be only one and the least considerable of the sources of the White Nile, by the later discoveries of Baker and Livingstone. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The flood of the river depends entirely on the equatorial rains which cause the Upper White Nile to rise in April and the Blue Nile early in June. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 After the rainy season the White Nile overflows its banks, forming an inextricable labyrinth of side branches, lakes, and marshes. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Thousands of camels were engaged in the transport of this valuable commodity to Shatt on the White Nile, to Omdurman, and to Dongola. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Though admitting that the White Nile was the larger stream, Bruce claimed that the Blue Nile was the Nile of the ancients and that he was thus the discoverer of its source. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" On the 2nd of January they were sailing past the country inhabited by the Shillooks, the largest and most powerful black tribe on the banks of the White Nile. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The White Nile is then left by herself to recede slowly and steadily from a current of four knots an hour to a sluggish and, in many parts, an unwholesome stream. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 A year had passed since a young, slight, and tall Dongolawi, Mohammed Ahmed, had marched through the villages of the White Nile, preaching with the fire of a Wesley the coming of a Saviour. The Four Feathers Corn is largely grown in Kordofan, also sesame, which is preferred to that grown on the White Nile; large white water-melons are also grown in abundance. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Setting out from Gondar in December 1771, Bruce made his way, in spite of enormous difficulties, by Sennar to Nubia, being the first to trace the Blue Nile to its confluence with the White Nile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The authorities, therefore, looked upon the proposed exploration of the White Nile by a European traveller as likely to interfere with their perquisites, and threw every obstacle in his way. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley After the battle of Rosaires, there was a lull in the fighting on the east of the White Nile. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman Eventually it is joined by the Bahr-el-Azrak, or Blue Nile, which rises among the mountains of Abyssinia and enters the White Nile at Khartūm. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt Another of Ahmed Sharfi's sons was discovered to be leading a very immoral life, and he was exiled up the White Nile. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Housed under other arches were two surly hyenas, goats from the White Nile, and an antelope of Kordofan. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor A former companion of Florian’s, Johann Schmidt, soon afterwards arrived, and was also engaged by Mr Baker to act as his lieutenant in his proposed White Nile expedition. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley But before we did that, it would be necessary to find out whether they came from Kordofan, or from some of the villages on the White Nile. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman A photographer who is living here showed me photographs done high up the White Nile. Letters from Egypt The White Nile carrying forward its large quasi-tidal wave presents a mass of water to the Blue Nile, which acts as a buffer to its rapid flood. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi The Blue Nile and the Atbara pour into the deep and steady stream of the White Nile torrents of turbid water for months together. Ancient Egypt For instance of a Reed desert, produced merely by his neglect, see Sir Samuel Baker's account of the choking up of the bed of the White Nile. Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers Sometimes he assisted the officer of the Intelligence Department, in interviewing fugitives who had arrived from Berber and other points on the river, from Kordofan, or from villages on the White Nile. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman Thomson afterwards undertook to open a way from the Benuë, the great eastern affluent of the Niger, to Lake Chad and the White Nile. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Browne reaches Darfur, and reports the existence of the White Nile. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Or is it the White Nile, which has traversed the immense plains of equatorial Africa? The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Dinkas, an African pastoral people occupying a flat country traversed by the White Nile; of good stature, clean habits; of semi-civilised manners, and ferocious in war. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The Sirdar has gone up the White Nile, with some of the gunboats and the 11th Soudanese. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman And after that we're going to grow cotton between the Blue and the White Nile and knock spots out of the States.' Letters of Travel (1892-1913) I noticed one Indian vaqueiro standing in exactly the attitude of a Shilluk of the White Nile, with the sole of one foot against the other leg, above the knee. Through the Brazilian Wilderness When I was on the White Nile and at Khartoum, very few merchants went up the White Nile; none had stations. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development White Nile, one of the two streams forming the Nile, which flows out of the Albert Nyanza, and which unites with the Blue Nile from Abyssinia near Khartoum. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Camels were brought from the Atbara and the Blue Nile; and the whole were collected at Kawa, on the White Nile. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman He even went up the White Nile to the country of the Shillooks, a region then scarcely known to white men. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans In certain tribes we saw near Lake Victoria Nyanza, and on the upper White Nile, both men and women were practically naked. Through the Brazilian Wilderness It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section S The ``Albertine'' system plays a comparatively insignificant part in the annual llood rise of the White Nile, but to its waters are due the maintenance of a constant supply to this river throughout the year. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He had other things to think of; for, this morning, a small Dervish steamer came down the White Nile. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman Towards noon, at the station 'Baker,' we reached the Albert lake, just where the White Nile flows out of it. Freeland A Social Anticipation It must appear marvellous to the English reader how it happened that these traders obtained so much and such good information to the northward of the equator, and especially of the White Nile traders. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile It is apparently indigenous, and grows more luxuriantly than on the White Nile. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain This is the malignant type, which has proved fatal to so many African travellers on the Zambezi, the White Nile, the Congo, and the Niger. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The first, under the personal command of the Sirdar, left Omdurman on the 8th of September, and steamed up the White Nile towards Fashoda. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Having soon run through his money, he had engaged himself to Koorshid Aga to serve in his White Nile expedition. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Halim Pasha was the first to attempt the commercial development of the White Nile, and Monsieur Lafargue was an admirable representative of his august employer. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 Amongst the Dinkas, a pastoral people of the White Nile, each family possesses a sacred cow. The Golden Bough He was accused of annexation under the pretext of suppressing the vast organization of the White Nile slave-trade. Ismailia They had left Omdurman a month earlier, in company with the steamer Safia, carrying a force of 500 men, with the Khalifa's orders to go up the White Nile and collect grain. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan The best and only really great elephant-hunters of the White Nile are the Bagara Arabs, on about the 13 degree N. lat. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile We were talking about lions, and he told me the following account of what he witnessed as he was returning from the White Nile upon the steamer, then en route towards Khartoum. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The Dinka are a congeries of independent tribes in the valley of the White Nile. The Golden Bough The powerful current of the Blue Nile quickly swept us past Khartoum, and having rounded the point, we steamed up the grand White Nile. Ismailia After this incident the expedition continued its progress up the White Nile. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan I cannot understand for what reason all the White Nile tribes extract the four front teeth of the lower jaw. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The sources of the White Nile, of the Bahr-el-Abiad, are immersed in a lake as large as a sea; it is there that it takes its rise. Five Weeks in a Balloon Werne describes the excision on the Upper White Nile and I have noted the complicated operation among the Somali tribes. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] The White Nile was restored to navigation a few months after my return to England, and was clear for large vessels by the time that Colonel Gordon arrived in Khartoum. Ismailia Here by the waters of the White Nile Mohammed Ahmed lived for several years. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan All the tribes of the White Nile have their harvest of the lotus seed. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile No Arab ever knew it by that name or thereby equalled it with the White Nile. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 The missionaries never had occasion to complain of these blacks, and to this day they would doubtless have been kindly inclined to Europeans, had the White Nile traders not brought the devil amongst them. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile The ivory of the numerous adventurers still remained in the White Nile stations, as they feared confiscation should their vessels be captured with the ever accompanying slave cargo. Ismailia The subsiding waters of the river had left a bare gap between the White Nile and the wall. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan The formation of head and general physiognomy is totally different from all other tribes that I have met with in the neighbourhood of the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile There are two classes of White Nile traders, the one possessing capital, the other being penniless adventurers. In the Heart of Africa The garden of Halleem Effendi was attended by a number of fine powerful slaves from the White Nile, whose stout frames and glossy skins were undeniable witnesses of their master's care. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The direct blow at the White Nile slave-trade was an indirect attack upon the commerce of the country, which was inseparably connected with the demand of the Soudan employers of brigands. Ismailia In a few minutes we reached the acute angle round which we had to turn sharply into the White Nile at its junction with the Blue. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Neither horse, camel, nor other beast of burden is known to any of the White Nile tribes, therefore the existence of mules on the east bank of the Chol is a distinguishing feature. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The people for the most part enraged in the nefarious traffic of the White Nile are Syrians, Copts, Turks, Circassians, and some few EUROPEANS. In the Heart of Africa I resolved to explore the Atbara river and the Abyssinian affluents, prior to commencing the White Nile voyage. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs The main difficulty in my original enterprise was the obstruction of the White Nile by the accumulation of matted vegetation, which impeded navigation, and actually closed the river. Ismailia The Egyptian authorities looked upon the exploration of the White Nile by a European traveller as an infringement of their slave territory that resulted from espionage, and every obstacle was thrown in my way. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The White Nile tribe not only milk their cows, but they bleed their cattle periodically, and boil the blood for food. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The Egyptian authorities looked upon the exploration of the White Nile by a European traveller as an infringement of the slave territory that resulted from espionage, and every obstacle was thrown in my way. In the Heart of Africa I have noticed two species of crocodiles throughout all the rivers of Abyssinia, and in the White Nile. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Thousands had forsaken their homes, and commenced a life of brigandage on the White Nile. Ismailia Koorshid would thus be the sole trader with Kamrasi according to White Nile rules, and the abominable system of cattle robbery would be avoided. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The most valuable article of barter for this tribe is the iron hoe generally used among the White Nile negroes. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile According to White Nile ideas, such a journey could not have been accomplished with so small a party. In the Heart of Africa The difficult task still lay before us—to penetrate the unknown regions in the distant south, to discover the White Nile source.* The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs He had also commenced a great work, according to the orders he had received from the Khedive, to remove the sudd or obstruction to the navigation of the great White Nile. Ismailia The Bahr Giraffe I omit, as it is admitted by the natives to be a branch of the White Nile that leaves the main river at the Aliab country and reunites in lat. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The Bari tribe are very hostile, and are considered to be about the worst of the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The climate of tie White Nile destroyed thirteen missionaries in the short space of six months, and the boy Saat returned with the remnant of the party to Khartoum and was readmitted into the Mission. In the Heart of Africa He had excellent servants,—Richarn, whom I subsequently engaged, who was my only faithful man in my journey up the White Nile, and two good Dongalowas. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs He succeeded in re-opening the White Nile to navigation in the following season. Ismailia The people are distinct in their type, but they have the woolly hair of negroes, like all other tribes of the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Throughout the tribes of the White Nile, the articles of pottery are limited to the tobacco-pipe and the water-jar: all other utensils are formed either of wood, or of gourd shells. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The river had suddenly disappeared; there was apparently an end to the White Nile. In the Heart of Africa On the 18th December we sailed from Khartoum upon the White Nile towards its unknown sources, and bade farewell to the last vestige of law, government, and civilization. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs This was the state of Central Africa and the White Nile when I was first honoured with the notice of Ismail Pacha, the present Khedive of Egypt. Ismailia She also described the 'Gondokoro river,' or White Nile, as flowing into and out of the lake, and she spoke of a 'great roar of water that fell from the sky.' The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile I have heard the traders of Khartoum pretend that they can distinguish the tribes of the White Nile by their individual type. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile After an exceedingly fatiguing march we reached the Somerset River, or Victoria White Nile, January 22d. In the Heart of Africa My men felt proud, as they would march in as conquerors;—according to White Nile ideas such a journey could not have been accomplished with so small a party. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile March 12.—I think I can trace by telescope the fringe of tall papyrus rush that should be the border of the White Nile; but this may be a delusion. Ismailia The river had suddenly disappeared: there was apparently an end to the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The climate of the White Nile destroyed thirteen missionaries in the short space of six months, and the boy Saat returned with the remnant of the party to Khartoum, and was re-admitted into the Mission. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile So closely connected with the difficulties of my expedition is that accursed slave-trade, that the so-called ivory trade of the White Nile requires an explanation. In the Heart of Africa Who can prosecute a slave trader of the White Nile? The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile It was a relief to have started the main branches of the expedition, after the various delays that had already seriously endangered the chances of the White Nile voyage. Ismailia The first step necessary to the improvement of the savage tribes of the White Nile is the annihilation of the slave-trade. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Remember well that the Wahuma are most likely Gallas; this question is most interesting, and the more you can gather of their history, since they crossed the White Nile, the better. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Thus the Victoria is the first SOURCE; but from the Albert the river issues at once as the great White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile North from the Sobat, the White Nile has no other tributaries until it is joined by the Blue Nile at Khartoum, and by its last affluent the Atbara in lat. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile This expedition had been placed under the command of one of the most notorious ruffians and slave-hunters of the White Nile. Ismailia So closely connected with the difficulties of my expedition is that accursed slave trade, that the so-called ivory trade of the White Nile requires an explanation. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The "tree," or rendezvous for all boats when leaving for the White Nile voyage, consists of three large mimosas about four miles from the point of junction. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile At night the hoarse music of hippopotami snorting and playing among the high-flooded reeds, and the singing of countless myriads of mosquitoes—the nightingales of the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile April 19:—In an hour and a half we arrived at the White Nile, and twenty minutes later we saw three vessels belonging to the mudir, or governor, of Fashoda. Ismailia The White Nile is a grand river between the Sobat junction and Khartoum, and after passing to the south of the great affluent the difference in the character is quickly perceived. Ismailia This island was separated from the main western shore by a branch of the White Nile. Ismailia This man is a native of Dongola, who, having become a White Nile adventurer, established himself among the Shillook tribe with a band of ruffians, and is the arch-slaver of the Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile At the same time that he was acting the part of saint, I knew him to be a bird of the same feather as the rest of the White Nile slave-hunters. Ismailia The troops, who had suffered much by fatigue in cutting through the marshes, had not been absolutely relieved by their arrival in the clear White Nile. Ismailia The Bahr Giraffe was to be our new passage instead of the original White Nile. Ismailia This was the regular negro system which had originally introduced the slave trade throughout the White Nile. Ismailia At 5 P.M. set sail with a light breeze, and glided along the dead water of the White Nile. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile At the same time, there can be no doubt that among the White Nile tribes any number of male children might be purchased from their parents—especially in seasons of scarcity. Ismailia I was surprised that Livingstone could make such an error in quoting Speke's White Nile from the Victoria N'yanza as eighty or ninety yards in width! Ismailia It is a curious but most painful fact that the entire White Nile has ceased to be a navigable river. Ismailia Many of these people had originally come from the White Nile, therefore they were disposed to desert upon the first opportunity. Ismailia Herr Morlang describes the whole of the White Nile traders as a mere colony of robbers, who pillage and shoot the natives at discretion. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Their new steamer, the Khedive, remains upon the White Nile an example of their energy and capability. Ismailia My personal interference has rendered the slave trade of the White Nile impossible so long as the government is determined that it shall be impossible. Ismailia As the greater portion of the Egyptian regiment is composed of felons, convicted of offences in Cairo, and transported to the White Nile, my task is rather difficult in establishing a reformation. Ismailia The government would then assume the monopoly of the ivory trade of the White Nile, and the natives would in a few years be restored to confidence. Ismailia The quality of the water is very superior to that of the White Nile—this would suggest that it is of mountain origin. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Dysentery is very common in the White Nile districts, but it is rare in the highlands. Ismailia The White Nile, for a distance of 1,600 miles from Khartoum to Central Africa, was cleansed from the abomination of a traffic which had hitherto sullied its waters. Ismailia The neighbouring country was, as usual in the White Nile districts, flat and uninteresting. Ismailia Only one mile and a quarter from the lake, by this small river, we entered the great White Nile! Ismailia The White Nile having an upward course of west 10 degrees north, variation of compass 10 degrees west, from the Sobat to the Bahr el Gazal junction, now turns abruptly to south 10 degrees east. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile On the following morning, the good news of the discovery of the White Nile flew through the expedition. Ismailia It was during that interval that the officers of the expedition had fraternized with the White Nile traders who resided at Khartoum. Ismailia I had simply achieved the success of a foundation for a radical reform in the so-called commerce of the White Nile. Ismailia Like most of the tribes of the White Nile, the Baris have a strong objection to sell their cattle; thus you may be surrounded by plenty, but you may starve in the midst of beef. Ismailia How absurd are some descriptions of the White Nile, which state that there is no current! The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile It was then explained that the entire White Nile was rented by the traders. Ismailia When trading adventurers first commenced on the White Nile, the natives sold ivory for beads and copper bracelets; and trade was fairly established. Ismailia We then travelled three hours, and halted eleven miles from the White Nile junction. Ismailia The officers of the expedition had, contrary to my express orders, purchased 126 slaves from the stations of the traders during the White Nile voyage! Ismailia The voyage up the White Nile I now extract verbatim from my journal. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The horrible state of the White Nile had prevented all possibility of conveying camels from Khartoum. Ismailia The grand White Nile lay like a broad streak of silver on our right as it flowed in a calm, deep stream direct from the Albert N'yanza; at this spot above all cataracts. Ismailia Throughout the voyage on the White Nile we had had excellent wild-fowl shooting whenever we had halted to cut fuel for the steamers. Ismailia The Lira country was rich in ivory, but the greatest prize discovered was the presence of donkeys, which are quite unknown in the White Nile districts. Ismailia The junction of the two Niles is a vast flat as far as the eye can reach, the White Nile being about two miles broad some distance above the point. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Mr. Debono, being a British subject, retired from the trade when the slave-hunting arrived at such a pitch that it became impossible for Europeans to continue business on the White Nile. Ismailia We passed large tracts of land that had formerly been in a high state of cultivation, and the charred remains of numerous villages bespoke the desolation caused by these brigands of the White Nile. Ismailia How many days or months we may require to reach the White Nile is a problem. Ismailia On the west, on the left bank of the White Nile, which now flowed almost beneath our feet, was the precipitous mountain Neri, known by the Arab traders as Gebel huku. Ismailia I never either saw or heard of so disgusting a country as that bordering the White Nile from Khartoum to this point. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Had the White Nile been open as formerly, I should have transported the necessary camels from Khartoum, and there would have been no serious difficulty in the delivery of the steamers to this point. Ismailia This was the argument of the military force, to which, had I yielded, the expedition would have quickly relapsed into the original slave-hunting of the White Nile, which I was bound to suppress. Ismailia Having minutely described the White Nile in a former work, "The Albert N'yanza," I shall not repeat the description. Ismailia There can be no doubt that the greatest enemy to the expedition was the White Nile. Ismailia Without the White Nile trade Khartoum would almost cease to exist; and that trade is kidnapping and murder. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile I have never yet seen feathered arrows among the White Nile tribes. Ismailia Such conduct could only terminate in an extension of the ruin which a similar course had determined in every country that had been occupied by the traders of the White Nile. Ismailia This town had been fortified by a wall and flanking towers since I had last visited the White Nile, and it was garrisoned by a regiment of Egyptian soldiers. Ismailia On 10th November I took a hundred and fifty men in order to make a reconnaissance of the country, at the last cataracts of the White Nile, about six miles south of our position. Ismailia The people for the most part engaged in the nefarious traffic of the White Nile are Syrians, Copts, Turks, Circassians, and some few EUROPEANS. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile He had by the force of circumstances, and according to former usages, so far tolerated the acts of the White Nile traders as to acknowledge them as contracting parties with his own government. Ismailia March 19.—All the vessels came through into the White Nile, and there was great rejoicing throughout the fleet. Ismailia There we took in fresh water, as that of the Sobat is superior to the White Nile. Ismailia If an honest, legitimate trade were commenced by the government, and law and order thoroughly established, it would become impossible for the slave hunters to exist in the White Nile districts. Ismailia The trade proves brisk; but still there remain some little customs to be observed—some slight formalities, well understood by the White Nile trade. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile I was rather curious to know whether they would presume to send slaves down the White Nile during this season, knowing that the Khedive had sent me expressly to suppress the trade. Ismailia The large crimson-headed goose of the White Nile quickly discovered that barley was a food well adapted for the physical constitution of geese, and great numbers flocked to the new farm. Ismailia The water of the Sobat is yellowish, and it colours that of the White Nile for a great distance. Ismailia We had actually that day drunk water from the White Nile! Ismailia Many are sent to Cairo, and in fact they are disseminated throughout the slave-dealing East, the White Nile being the great nursery for the supply. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile |
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