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The amount of ivory brought down from the White Nile is a mere bagatelle as an export, the annual value being about 40,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The people for the most part enraged in the nefarious traffic of the White Nile are Syrians, Copts, Turks, Circassians, and some few EUROPEANS. So closely connected with the difficulties of my expedition is that accursed slave-trade, that the so-called ivory trade of the White Nile requires an explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without the White Nile trade Khartoum would almost cease to exist; and that trade is kidnapping and murder. The character of the Khartoumers needs no further comment. 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