| | | |weed. A series |perhaps 600 | | | |of islands now |feet. The | | | |begins. Dinka |nearest is 1 | | | |country right. |mile from the | | | | |river, and the | | | | |farthest 3 | | | | |miles. They form | | | | |an amphitheatre | | | | |of rocky hills; | | | | |two distinct | | | | |masses, with a | | | | |third hill to | | | | |the east of the | | | | |northern mass. | | | | |Grassy plain | | | | |between north | | | | |and south | | | | |ridges. Village | | | | |on east of south | | | | |ridge. The | | | | |forest on the | | | | |east bank is | | | | |about a quarter | | | | |of a mile in | | | | |width, and | | | | |extremely thick. | | | | |Behind it | | | | |stretches an | | | | |endless expanse | | | | |of prickly | | | | |grass, some 3 | | | | |feet high, | | | | |interspersed | | | | |with clumps of | | | | |mimosas. Lions | | | | |and Tiang fairly | | | | |plentiful. The | | | | |soil is light | | | | |and friable, and | | | | |much of it must | | | | |be flooded