ABSTRACT
Moreover, the short distance, some eight miles, that might be saved at all seasons by water-carriage south of Gondokoro need not here be considered, as a more suitable site for a station in British territory is not likely to be found in that distance. The gauge of the railway need not be considered here, but, looking forward to possible distant-future developments, it may be questioned whether a 3 ft. Generally speaking, it would be an easy country to survey but for the intensely long rank grass which covers much of it. Westward of Fajao the hills rapidly widen out and disappear, and a broad expanse of low lying ground borders the river, which is a mile in width, gradually increasing to five miles or more as it nears the lake. We are crossing the Eastern watershed of the Bahr el Jebel, and usually are within ten miles of it.
