[133]This remark applies equally now (1903).
[134]Cost of camel transport by this route varies from 55 P.T. to 75 P.T. per kantar.
CHAPTER X.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Communications in the Sudan are carried on by:—
| A.—Railway. | D.—Riding and Transport animals |
| B.—River. | E.—Post and telegraph. |
| C.—Roads. |
There is no wheeled transport, except a few carts in the larger towns drawn by camels, mules, or oxen, and an experimental system of wheeled transport, rough carts drawn by oxen, in the Bahr El Ghazal.
Motor transport is in an experimental stage, and has only proved a partial success up till now, chiefly owing to the generally sandy nature of the ground and the present lack of roads.