Verse 2
the sea = the Nile. So called by the inhabitants of the Sudan to-day.
bulrushes = reeds. Not the papyrus, but its companion reed, the ambach, which reaches a height of fifteen feet and has yellow flowers.
scattered and peeled = "tall and smooth-faced".
terrible. They formed the armies of "So" or Sha-baka, and are the backbone of the Anglo-Egyptian army.
whose land the rivers have spoiled: i.e. the "sudd" or swamps (hence Sudan). The Dinka and Shilluk negroes live on the floating cakes of sudd.
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