| | | | | | | |Left bank low,| |Right bank; | | |sandy, some | |several | | |scrub, and | |villages, low, | | |further on | |sandy, or swampy | | |mimosa woods | |bank. | | |extending to | | | | |river | | | | | | | Kalakla |8 | 8 | | |Road from | | | | |Khartoum passes | | | | |through village | | | | |Kalakla in large | | | | |clump of trees | | | | |and then | | | | |continues on | | | | |open desert sand | | | | |about 2 miles | | | | |from river; very | | | | |good going. | | | | | Sheikh |3 | 11 | | |Sheikh Salim or Salim | | | | |Wad Um Meriam. | | | | | | | | | |Village with | | | | |high tomb in it. | | | | |Road about 2 | | | | |miles from | | | | |river. After | | | | |this it enters | | | | |some low | | | | |sandhills with | | | | |large clump of | | | | |trees on river | | | | |side about ½ | | | | |mile off. The | | | | |first open scrub | | | | |begins, which | | | | |thickens as it | | | | |approaches the | | | | |river.