| | |be avoided, and Berti entered | | |at its upper end. | | | | | |The river between the foot of | | |Rahami Cataract and Berti | | |offers most serious obstacles | | |to navigation. The boat channel | | |lies along the right bank. | | | Berti | 6 | 48 |Berti is a scattered village | | |extending over a length of 2 | | |miles. It is situated mostly on | | |an island which, however, forms | | |part of the mainland at low | | |Nile. The cultivation is very | | |rich and plentiful, and barley, | | |dura, cotton, wheat, beans, | | |dates, and dukhn grow in great | | |abundance. This is the boundary | | |between Dongola and Berber | | |Provinces. | | | | | |The lower end of the village is | | |situated in rocky ground, but | | |the larger portion lies in the | | |open. | | | | | |The direct road from Jebel | | |Kulgeili enters near the house | | |of Suleiman Wad Gamr, about | | |half-way up the village. | | | | | |Berti is the head-quarters of | | |the Monasir tribe, and is on | | |the boundary between Berber and | | |Dongola Provinces. | | | | | |The island of Ishashi is passed | | |just before reaching Berti, and | | |is very richly cultivated. | | | Jebel Kirbekan| 8 | 56 |Between Berti and El Kirbekan