--------------+---------------------+-------------------------------- | Distance in miles. | Names of +-------------+-------+ Places. | | Total | Description. |Intermediate.| from | | |Merowe.| --------------+-------------+-------+-------------------------------- Old Merowe | | |Village. | | | J. Barkal | 4 | 4 |Two miles inland. Ancient | | |ruined pyramids at base. Desert | | |road from Dongola joins river | | |here. | | | Kasinjar | 4 | 8 |Telegraph line crosses from | | |left to right bank here. | | | | | |Small fort. | | | Amrao | 19 | 17 |On leaving Kasinjar fort the | | |road curves round with the | | |river, but gradually recedes | | |from it. After 2 miles of good | | |firm sand, with thin thorny | | |scrub, the road turns away from | | |the river to the north-east, | | |passing to the right of Jebel | | |Wad El Duga, beyond which it | | |turns N.N.E., over undulating, | | |stony ground, draining to | | |right. The going is good to 11 | | |miles. At about 13 miles road | | |passes into a shallow basin | | |draining east, from which it | | |emerges at 14½ miles, and | | |begins to descend to river by a | | |bad path down and across small | | |khors. Reaches river at Meshra | | |El Abiad, a good watering | | |place, at 15¾ miles. From 11 to | | |14½ miles the road, though | | |generally good, is less so than | | |before, and passes over bits of