When the River Nile is falling it is often impossible for passengers and mail to reach their destinations by means of the river steamers, and ivhen this happens shallow-draught' barges are requisitioned, and these are pulled the last few miles of the journey by Dinka tribesmen, of whom some hundreds are called on for the purpose. This portion of the Nile, before the British occupation of the Sudan, was once a centre of the slave traffic. . , "Sport and General" Photo.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 7
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80When the River Nile is falling it is often impossible for passengers and mail to reach their destinations by means of the river steamers, and ivhen this happens shallow-draught' barges are requisitioned, and these are pulled the last few miles of the journey by Dinka tribesmen, of whom some hundreds are called on for the purpose. This portion of the Nile, before the British occupation of the Sudan, was once a centre of the slave traffic. . , "Sport and General" Photo. Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 46, 23 August 1938, Page 7
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