47. Joseph Thomson and Wilhelm Junker 242 48. A Stern-wheel Steamboat forcing its way up the Jur (Sue) or main affluent of the Bahr-al-Ghazal 245 49. N.E. corner of Victoria Nyanza (with Samia Hills in distance) 247 50. Joseph Thomson 248 51. Emin Pasha 252 52. Raphia Palms by a Central African stream 257 53. Sir Henry Stanley, G.C.B. 261 54. Shores of the Victoria Nyanza near Emin Pasha Gulf 262 55. Dr. Franz Stuhlmann 264 56. A Native of Unyamwezi from near south shores of Victoria Nyanza 267 57. Sir Frederic D. Lugard 269 58. G. F. Scott-Elliott 271 59. Dr. Donaldson-Smith 272 60. Cutting the Sudd 274 61. Dr. C. Beke 281 62. Natives of the Baro (Upper Sobat) 284 63. Colonel J. B. Marchand 286 64. Gorge of the River Baro (Upper Sobat) 287 65. Berta Negroes 289 66. A Berta Village in the Matongwe Mountains 291 67. The Nile in Egypt 293 68. Nubia: a “Washout” on the Sudan Railway 294 69. Tropical Forest at Entebbe, on the northwest shores of the Victoria Nyanza 295 70. Napoleon Gulf, looking South 302 71. The Birth of the Victoria Nile, at the Ripon Falls 304 72. On Lake Albert Edward (North-west Coast) 305 73. In the Libyan Desert 315 74. Orographical Features of the Nile Basin 328 75. Land Surface Features of the Nile Basin 328 THE NILE QUEST CHAPTER I THE DAWN OF NILE EXPLORATION