| | | |quantities of |them. People | | | |water birds of |poor, no market. | | | |all sorts |Good meshra. | | | |inhabit the |Road runs from | | | |Nile almost |here through 3 | | | |from Khartoum |or 4 miles of | | | |upwards, and |dura land ½ to ¼ | | | |large numbers |mile from river, | | | |of crocodiles |then along sand | | | |are visible, |hills near river | | | |one or more on |to Wad Shalai. | | | |nearly every | | | | |mud bank | | | | | | Wad Shalai|6 |82 _132_| | |Village of | | | | |conical thatched | | | | |houses; banks | | | | |become drier; | | | | |series of | | | | |villages from | | | | |here along right | | | | |bank at 2 to 5 | | | | |miles interval. | | | | |Road runs for | | | | |about 3½ miles | | | | |through sand | | | | |dunes close to | | | | |river, then | | | | |gradually leaves | | | | |river, and | | | | |passes through | | | | |dura ground | | | | |about 1½ miles | | | | |from it. | | | | | Wad Nimr |2 | 84 |A long | | | | |straggling | | | | |village and | | | | |name of the | | | | |district. Good| | | | |watering place| |