Foot of 6th Cataract | 54 | 87 | 423 | 678 | | | | Head „ „ | 12 | 19 | 435 | 697 | | | | Omdurman | 41 | 66 | 476 | 764 | | | | Khartoum junction of Niles | 3 | 5 | 479 | 771 -------------------------------+------+-----------+------+------------ [Illustration: INSIDE OF OLD PALACE, KHARTOUM.] [Illustration: _By kind permission of M. Venieris._ KHARTOUM: LOOKING NORTH FROM THE WAR OFFICE ROOF OVER TUTI ISLAND.] [Illustration: _By kind permission of M. Venieris._ THE PALACE AND GARDEN, KHARTOUM, FROM THE SOUTH-WEST.] SECTION (3).—KHARTOUM TO LAKE NO. [_Kms._: _Kilometres._ I.: Intermediate. F.O.: From Omdurman.] ----------+-----------+--------------+---------------+---------------- | Miles. | | | Place. | _Kms._ | Left Bank. | River and | Right Bank. +--+--------+ | General. | |I.|F.O.[32]| | | ----------+--+--------+--------------+---------------+---------------- Omdurman | | |On the W. |In the first 15| | | |bank, after |miles up stream| | | |getting clear |of Khartoum the| | | |of the houses |country on | | | |of Omdurman, a|either side is | | | |hard, sandy |low, flat, and | | | |track is |treeless; | | | |followed |cultivation is | | | |skirting the |carried out on | | | |edge of the |the mud flats, | | | |cultivation |and on the | | | | |islands, which | | | | |appear as the | | | | |water falls. | | | | |The water | | | | |channel is | | | | |fully 2 miles | | | | |wide in this | | | | |reach. It is | | | | |very shallow, | | | | |and landing is |