| Show J C t I Ii I If QUEER BR U III i OF 0 F LI LIFE 1 AND t ND BUSINESS D SINnS SS IN l I j i f 0 M D D R 1 f 1 A N I N 19 1 9 0 7 t I I TIn TILE OLD CAPITAL C PIrAL OF OP THE MAlIn MAI DI I I In n n n 1 1 tf ff f 1 I t i f J tl IW Is In ht hy Frn d 1 rt O I rl r n nO J L T The h f I Ib O 0 b n native naU tit of 01 ih sultan i of 01 th tINt the an and MM the I ant and all the th future greet great C CI i I i tai lol lot e lerf s f till Ms r art N of or the 11 world w t 1 wren how OW It tt j a I saw w wf r r f f It h fills riding nn on donkey he till k through It with th the I VP IIII governo orllO It iI 1 la ie laon i ion on nr P of ot the tta iU quay ml lit It of th Ih tho world an aile and OK one 0 of at 0 the tM moat assort nt tn U H Africa L j fl ca of 0 the I future Found 1 hv toY hi Ike Ii s idl or th the Mohammedan r M h t s the lie n c fl iw noo nf If the mo Inns s and i t ter it er JJ M an t wh hi u him It ow on con n s ij jp about boul a our on Al tI I a l t s sIt jw It wn lh Ihn n a n gr great at ml it iry vey veyrl rl e t of tit in mud ml ud h ujia n I l I h v Irises f nl all I dI f T in nor 11 million sonar mr com comIn I In the thi realm of f that thai I av ov Th h the n 1 M o Pe Pew w to cam here hor to In live Ih that he ht might have har havey shah sj nl In Urn of f ww war and n he M MA t y l tN wad them Ihm to In g It hom hm any ony to c tl t A vaita and 1111 t I II j this the were r furred to tn Ir bring h hers ra for IM sib salt salto Ih Muhl ma t his hi seat Hat of It spar RO ROt o t end pud Ill 1 hud had hl his own owa r Wic n i fit at 11 wall at of J s tc hrh which about W M sere arres ani it tn In which was SM aa an IJ aIt mo ue of ot 1 3 Jt Mv or nr more mn Here H th ta hat hati ha h hj 1 j i hi his astere lat and md hero hare N ha he lit kept h W his hb III 4 W wives wt Just outside hr hotel h lie he ha h hd th the preat l t battle which ona ended d in m the dr dp 41 of tit lt and et the tit city m Of 1 of at today t I Is on nn the iha rf rU It t the treat great t eky of th t the khalifa II F Mr p at al th the of nt th WIll Whian WIlla an a Niles Nil In the t bend whir Ihs tha Kile KII now flows late into the main simm strem Wv the course tOtI of ot the river r It f Is I talks Mile from om the I M ln lna MU see seeS S M a ti line rhan un dl north of tit r the tbt valley valloy allo of nl the th X It IK III I ar inland from th I R e a o MM hundred hund of or rIM tram from m the th thor tt s of or lh Ib the Blue BIll NII In th the Aby Ab n kill lib of f tb lb nr nt I la laid I math IT a RII ll the Ih a alt r a ae i df f the t axe Mi and n d e T er r almot MM Bam ground around b It tt ha hail has It fewer ler f w r r rw people ople I Durt my trip I 1 i to the ca If In r of nf the eh old ld iida of tit Iha iii k M and took a look nr the th city 1 k houses h tU ir lei Irh aim Mt 1 nia or nr eight mil mule with Hit a thicket of Si r i bow upon th Ih shore hort theRIe th the theal Bl al RIe Ill wows 0 n In Home flom of It the town Iowa J I IB le I An tan the th inn main In hu and nd It reached J out from th Ih the In iy ty It ItIN ItI ItIs IN Is I a antic ath dO city ltv In every wr vrr si Pena nae n of rf t the wo or In Ito It n mazy many house t thra th r are not tint a ente nN which are mora than one oar cl story I ry and you ou inn can n Hint count the hoMM hoara h mu nw If le I of nr burnt brick i tin n 11 our i It I III ii a city of 0 mud purr Ul and uI The Th one on glory plot mud houa ba mud mild wells WAil about anti and the h tn ral face street pt paved atly il b with lIb rg The Tb Ill Mint OT r the tl o Wha kha ilfe lif I Sr m mal made nf or mid d amt the thet hoists ln t nl h now no room tha ha Ih Ihn han n i i of the Ih KuMI IT rs Rt 4 are art of 01 unbaked dirt Ina on th the khalifa palace on fallow many of nf the with h eda Some of ot them Ihm uro n of tar gnat urt Or at trot but th the majority m arc an r narrow harrow udina Ina The whole city otty tf in 10 fat fact factS S nth cut up by b the Ihl t new nw aw aven ayen M It out bY bv the t with Ith the thi thea Wt and the Ih kha khalifa ifa got eO a l t structure In the rho center j i 1 UT BY T TILE THE GOVERNOR I fits shown Iown through the tile city by b tN All AU the tha tows tow of the MM i a haw have a u kIlat who ruble tb u I t I tHat bat ut under i n each ch t a Q wh willi must court ut be tie a IM ne Mea ea Jr Ian This man I Ie the reel real reale t e aa ea far tar aa e carrying out ot the thetha c tha tb lb government Is Ie ronene 1 J Jt k s ta t UM u tic native nath and aid under V ti b II taU ell shout thorn than and end their way WY with whom I went weal wn t ch II la an of th ann ennY of ot the kh f to o Ca CallI t Armed Handy ant ent antl l with the tile In their the lie He U speake ft well N and nd a be lie understand tand 1 1 and Arabic h he waa we 11 able ableN bt N I Ma tae all aU about the city aa ae we went down th the tM Blue Nile Nil from fromIn In a The distance ita H it He Ii a lIe ave e mile ml but we had to tack and forth a All 11 the way WilY ant ariU an 1 the thet trio took t over ovar two to hours hour The ma Inti mour mat IMI me ma on landing lie Ue had bad a rood good donkey for fer mo me m and ad we O the i day In an going coin 10 through one part of oC the t city after alter another makins the tile f Rat and aDd taking taJU the photograph which now lie before me enc meI I QUEER IC j I I 1 ebb 1 I could how bo you ou the Om fan native Mil They are stranger than any an I 1 have hav M seen cen n In my m African They come coma from all 11 part pans of ofU the IM U an and represent to or M N odd Some loon of err the tile faces face are as bleak blaek aa s store onu ooma are RIf dark darll brown sold and 4 I ether Magra luau have the roar color of rich Jer y I Si of the queerest mm mert I 1 met ales day dur In Ing says Journey wa sass w an a wIth wIthA J A ca a Il av mr UK UN that of a 1 l it j and d heir hair hili x I 1 iiii a white w hl lr He Hr H uis v r a v a 1 w at t r ir vr irre it flee re 11 dr srI in n i i r I 1 r ip tp I ai iI a I 1 In nc gown wn He nl fe had iw 1 nn i rn rI i aim aue an tin ni It th t I a ru fl l of f i t 1 poi nl a hi h r i ted on hl his hla hish h lor Ier 1 ii n I li h i vests trotting from one of the In i err lrI rp t tenter the th wells II In to his bin bl Mm k rus u 11 tomer tom HI ISIa fret het t and hand hands were barr hRIn barrand an and n l they Iy were Wr II II ns white a as my own t i slopped mopped to d him end made cho him III life If hi hired his red fe t fee i tip It tr t see eo whether hid bias hah hIr wn ns white lIt by aff It wax was flaxen oaten b br eer r raper than silver IIII and anti h 11 told Ind d me mt that III hi ha his years ear RII only on IS 16 Th T he mamo ir talked talleN with him In h Arable Arab i 1 ii II I i that he tie was Kraa a pure Int from one of crt tiff the In near nar the watershed of the Konau He Ht sale nM nl JI that M III hie puMI wore Jet bUck black but that many II men IMn of nt hi his hid cotar Rt tv cd In the re real al skin m front from f he tit rat mine une I 1 stool to l him up u oln the mad mft wall 11 In the tha trent street MM raid had bd two wom women n reek r th than n t tte lb Ink n with th Mh h this thin perle r r boatle him sad awl wan t made mada their phot The Theman Theman man did 4 nut not n t like ilk U hi l at bat but when at the t close cloae I IR him n coin worth shout about t M ti cents nt he ho In m mth Int Inthe I th t the ground and went away awny wn hap MARK MARKI d I 1 am nm a ur at tit how naty nai nI of oC UK Ih ti people have hv war scan t on their Sc f 0 Narb Ne H rl rb every other ether mun dmn I 1 in no noti ti tM the e marks mark of 01 great left Mie on 11 Is forehead or breast Rn 11 f the tb women on ate seared 11 o i 1 ithe the tit Idea d of nf br h ho been heen perpetrated tn Ild upon A Jot e Ill I u ut however ho tbs tb sent scale hate I bash vi vt y t tartly made The Dicey are to mart mail tribe and an family t to 10 bIG th UIrt lr e eve era belong The n t Me his II n ne e every ry 1 trine tri h heal i lm its It owa tW I In n amt nl n h ht hr can tell fr t tn a n man cornea br bl sa J h i 1 mr I ri Th Thim r rare im are of all nil shapes ie will have har three pen ft ani at i 1 a it another Urn limo you yon IU will w III entice tc the tha cuts are M willi at d look lonk like ix a 1 hl punk The Ines d f r the Ih people U Ia I sir fir tr n Those of the betta 1 wr weir w r i arv tin ani OK ore D lid opt DOt i any M n of the poor ar an I most mom n tasked und sad the boy bola and ad Bri ri rl rien r ren en r go 10 shout with only a belt It of t tri I i at AI the waist The T strings are Aft to t 1 i inet net eels and they th rail full to tit th tics middle of or Hi Ih I I thigh Very Verv ry small mall hn n wear wOr n 0 th lit f 11 lag Inn III whatever Many of the women wear weer no cloth i in Shove abote the th waist and they t seem m to hw h hn ha s sno no n fillip modesty about the ur of lf their 1 IW caw one OM near nm r the till ferry rry Sr a 1 I landed thi Ihl this morning Khe was a good girl of or it 11 a as black WadI a all as oiled 01 ebon ebony a as aa u a string airing and a ac plump a as II u II partridge Me Ilbe waa wai w stand Mand standing Inn ing outside ut a II mud hu hut a l I eve fe containing alII III If me sets iMd Mie lilt ah held Id the IV with Kith both bol h bands bAnd high b up over her head had xo ro that the Ibl wind mIthI blow b away way the Ih char a s the e J tt the tile ground round She Aho was a all naked to the lb waist 1 and her wa was almost exactly that tIIt of nf the tbt famed famel ta Vestal stal In the Corcoran Coreman Co n art aft gallery lIer nt lit CENTER OF OY O Is I the th business bun center of Ih I the h Hudan floods arc air sent from hors here hereto to 10 all ell parts part of the th country and grain aln gum um arable ostrich fathers feathers Ivory and anet nutty native cotton are brought in III for tor sale Ie The town has lias ha UM restaurants JO coffee houses hou and tOO 00 well wells It has Mil markets market of or various rlou bind nd 1 ih there i are arc long streets treet of bel basart or stores store la be which each fach trade 1101 ha has b Its It own OMI n it win r Ii many man of nf the th weld Id bring being made on all the th ground One 0 of ot the th must most 1 lm let i resting outing ponces places Is I th the woman womans market lIIk This Thi of ofa ofa ofa a yet vast number of f mat nUll tent tnt or 01 shelters shelter hIt under each Bath of which a Ii woman sits Ilk with Ith her bar wares ware aN piled about bout her hr She may ma her have grain or nr fowl fowls or 01 arti alti articles dun cles e of native nUe cloth and ud other things made mad by the th people The TIlt women omon have haf havethe havethe the monopoly of 01 the sales ales MI here Men 11 may come orne and buy 00 but bul they th cannot j I dl anything within wll thc tho hi precincts precinct p can they III open o ln stands there then b I 1 understand that the women are al shrewd traders Their markets market coy cov cover er pr r several arras arms ar and anI during my DIY stay they were Ir thronged with h black blaek and aDd brown nail Not far from thi Ihl this market I t CI nIt Into the great t square upon which the streets of the stores to enter This Tb square a JUIf con contains on 10 Ie or more urea acrea I There Thom are a number of or restaurants facing 1 it tt and In he one ODe corner there Is I a MUe market markt where donkeys donkey camels ruml and In Mlle horses horse hor are a sold old Id The sale 1111 am are al under the govern government ym ment to the extent extant that an must be tN sold mid there Ibe If a good title Uti go with It If II the transfer IranI for r l I la made the for th terms term of r the thO bargain may ma be ques que questioned questioned and ind therefore the tt tred drs do come MONY It is hi I strange to have shops abor that sell 11 mone money I 1 do not mean m took stock exchanges exchange or a banks lanka but real rea stores to with money on the counters e and nd stacked tack up vp in bun dle and nd laid an aWRY away ay In is plies pU on the th the e That Is I who nha bat they y have fc e In There The are ure caravans going out oot from horn hero to all U parts part of or north narth central Africa and each must have Its It own currency lot for the Journey journy These Them Tb people p ople ere are not Me far from Irom the dark ages an III tar far ra I a as their financial anu tidal matter nanise DIll rs are arc a concerned Many ny of nl the s do du d not 1 know what ht coinage mean l they th u ute neither ether II nor 1 gutI gat 1 und and one on nf Of our ur would l be nothing I Among Amota many of the tb iwi I appe I it hi brass m wire wirer I Ian anti and an 1 heads bl ir or he Ih r up tin uney noy n cY and nd I strange Mining in t I H Pay e 1 et ty ry Y Itu ha h has 16 It MI vw i UI of f bi bead ml ii u l u II I Inhabited d by ky Many Tribes T Tri ribas lag it it is ithe the Bi t Native City of df toe Sudan area amI The oi of the Upper tIPper U per Nile NilcA A Look at tK the MarU Marketa t Store Stores Which S U Money Flour Milia Worked W By Camels Cmel I Silversmith th and Their Barbric Jewelry Queer Way Vay of Selling i Grain Etc Ete i I I t I fi I MI a w fi c Hoo M fw H nr X M M a p a to PP p H Ati ti p oo l r n o w a I t c I 1 s 1 I I I f fj fI I j 4 1 I i f ff f r rf f t irp Aed I J JI Aa d r I l 1 1 I I f Tl I f f 1 I t i w I u IN THE STREET REET OF THE T E SIU SILVERSMITHS I HIn nn i w 7 n nIre wire Ire If II blur blue 11 Are arc ar popular you youcan ran can an buy bur nothing with wan rod red ones on and If th tb the people want brads bead of metal It In us I useless umlee to 10 offer them glass glam trl In ih some some 11 cloth loth is Ie u used ed as money mon and In others salt It Is the me medium medium of 01 exchange Man The salt I is molded mold oi or 0 cut out of the suit null It rock In sticks and so many n sticks stick will buy uy a cow con co or orTha ora ora a entail Tha owner oi of co one oD of the tb ur money stores store to of f the tb Sudan Is ii I a Syrian I found band him flat far tar from the grist great t market markt and h It he told me the that he would be glad lad to tr outfit me mt If it 1 I went Into In to the tha wilds I priced pr d some seta of hi his bill boa be da Those Thom made ade of amber were especially costly He had one on string of 01 a amber b r lump lumps fhe dve f In Each bead wa w the else HI of a black blek walnut and he ask asked a aI asked ed fd for the string three th h pounds pOIl I or about bout The Th string will be bt worn wom woma ax as a a charm 11 some coin woman n hare bare wal waist i and nn It may form rom the th whole ward wardrobe wardlow lobe of C th the b maiden who gets It AMONG TH Not Nol far tr from this thin Ihl bd money mony ratan Iab nt the th mt end and 1 t entered 1 the tha theat strict street at r I of the Ih sih This Thin con tOn contain tain many annoy shops In which black men n and nd ii boys y are busy bu making the Ute barbaric n n nn I Welly of o th b s 1 M i n 1 Ih h t lr I n Kim 11 Jens i ny si r ih Ion 1 mitt i 11 i i f IKI 1 purr ell 1 i r and am nuts nun III g it 11 n 11 r v r ry rc h heavy avy I 1 floId rt ed r f ll II i n nth nili 15 ts 6 apiece apland and lIo I a i poi pali of gold earrings earring which the Ih Jeweler jew r I said Id were acre HI worth MO 10 MOThe The Th earrings were wen 11 rash each an as a big hi around as asa a aa a II coffee cup up and their thickness at atthe atthe the place 4 where If they are fastened Into the car aar I was waa W that of or a lead 1 pencil The Theman Theman man who had bad them for fw sale rale was w bare barefooted ba barefooted footed looted He Ht wore Whre ir u 11 long Ion white gown 0 and nd a II cap of white hll cotton and anet till his whole drew dress ruM round nut not have hate ha eat coat more mor morth than th 10 He Hf wa wat a black and he lit 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