| | |until the river is again struck | | |opposite Dulka Island (6½ miles | | |from Castle Camp), where there | | |is a good camping ground amidst | | |patches of cultivation. One and | | |a half miles beyond this point | | |the long razor-backed hill, | | |running at right angles to the | | |course of the Nile, and known | | |as Jebel Kirbekan (300 feet), | | |is situated. It completely | | |blocks the road, but can be | | |easily turned by marching round | | |its south-west extremity. | | | | | |The action of 10.2.85 took | | |place here. | | | El Kirbekan | 4 | 60 |On leaving Jebel Kirbekan, the (village) | | |track follows the bed of a | | |sandy khor, much broken in | | |places by rocks, &c., for 4 | | |miles, when the village of El | | |Kirbekan, at the lower entrance | | |of the Shukuk Pass, is reached. | | |Here there are a few mud | | |houses, palm trees, and some | | |scant vegetation; barley, dura, | | |and dukhn. | | | | | |The Wadi El Arku, which breaks | | |up into several outlets on | | |nearing the river, comes out at | | |this point, and it is here that | | |the direct road to Abu Egli (78 | | |miles), _viâ_ the Jura Wells | | |(48 miles), leaves the river. | | | Shukuk Pass | ½ | 60½ |The Shukuk Pass is entered (south end) | | |immediately after leaving El | | |Kirbekan. The track leaves the | | |river, and follows the bed of a