| | | | | |Leaving this solitary mountain | | |on the left, a detour of 1 mile | | |is made, where the river is | | |again struck. A broad sandy | | |khor runs at the foot of Jebel | | |Osma. The bank is now followed | | |until abreast of the village of Opposite Hebi,| 8 | 88 |Hebi, situated on the right or Hebba | | |bank. The road is good | | |throughout. Patches of rich | | |cultivation are constantly met | | |with, near groups of huts built | | |in the rocks and boulders, | | |which are left on the right- | | |hand side. | | | | | |There are two broad khors | | |running into the desert between | | |Salamat and Jebel Osma. Mimosa | | |or sûnt trees, of an unusually | | |large size, are met with along | | |the road. The river is free | | |from obstruction. | | | | | |If going to Abu Hamed, it is | | |advisable to cross the Nile | | |opposite Hebi, where the river | | |affords great facilities for | | |crossing and swimming animals. | | |The island of Kan and smaller | | |islands on the right bank may | | |be utilized in the crossing. | | |Lieut.-Colonel Stewart’s | | |steamer, on its way from | | |Khartoum, was wrecked on the | | |island of Kan on the 18th | | |September, 1884, and he and his | | |party were treacherously | | |murdered in the house of one | | |named Othman Fakri, commonly | | |known as Othman Amian, in the