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Dedicated to my old Chief and Master in Irrigation,Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff, K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., under whom I hadthe privilege of working for 20 years in India and Egypt.

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PREFACE

The publication of Sir William Garstin’s monumental work on the“Basin of the Upper Nile” is an event of such importance in thehistory of the Nile that the occasion should not be lost of bringingLombardini’s work on the Nile to date. The information utilised byme in this book as far as the Upper Nile is concerned is obtained fromSir William’s Report; for the Blue Nile and Atbara I am indebted toM. Dupuis’ interesting appendix at the end of Sir William’s Report;and for the river north of Khartum to my own studies and surveys.As Sir William employed Capt. H.G. Lyons, R.E. to collaborate withhim, the references to the works of previous writers and geographicaldetails may be accepted without any misgivings. To M. Chélu Bey,Director of the Government Press, I am indebted for his ever ready aid;to Mr. Hansard of the Survey Department for the plates accompanyingthis work; and to Mr H.G.F. Beadnell, F.G.S, F.R.G.S, for havingkindly written the description of the Egyptian oases and the geologyof Egypt which form the fifth chapter of this book.

W. Willcocks.

Cairo, 12-10, 1904.

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THE NILE IN 1904.

SUBJECT MATTER.