| | |Mushani Ridge commands the | | |country to the north-east as | | |far as the distant hills | | |overlooking Berti. The ridge | | |runs at right angles to the | | |river, and the rocks and | | |boulders in which it terminates | | |come down close to the left | | |bank of the river. There is but | | |little cultivation along this | | |part of the river, except on | | |the islands of Umderas and | | |Amri, the former of which is | | |passed just after leaving | | |Kabeinat, and at the village of | | |Shebabik on the right bank | | |opposite the lower end of | | |Umderas Island. | | | Warrak | 1 | 40 |There is a large tomb and a few | | |detached huts at this point, | | |with a certain amount of | | |cultivation, very good camping | | |grounds, much mimosa, and many | | |dom-palm trees. | | | | | |The cataract of Um Hababoa is | | |here met with, lying between | | |Kandi Island and the left bank. | | |It is very difficult, and it is | | |supposed, from the remains of | | |wreckage found lying about, it | | |was near this point that Ismail | | |Pacha abandoned his boats in | | |1820. | | | | | |This cataract can be avoided at | | |high Nile by going between the | | |islands of Amri and Kandi, the | | |passage between which islands | | |was nearly dry in February, | | |1885.