Zif | | | | |to the E. | | | | | Dabasi |6 | 106 | | |Khalifa had big Meshra, or| | | | |grain depôt Dobasi | | | | |here, ruins of | | | | |which can still | | | | |be seen. Ferry. | | | | |Road runs | | | | |through sand | | | | |hills ½ mile | | | | |from river to | | | | |Dabasi. | | | | | Dabasi |1½| 107½ |Telegraph line| |Fair-sized | | _173_ |to El Obeid | |village, 400 to | | |branches off | |500 inhabitants | | |here from | |on road. From | | |Dueim line at | |Dabasi to | | |Minedrib | |Shabasha road | | | | |remains close to | | | | |bank, thence for | | | | |next 10 miles 1 | | | | |to 1½ miles | | | | |distant. | | | | | Amara and |1½| 109 |About 10 miles|Island Manir |Amara village Jebel | | _175_ |west of left | |(or Um Arda). Arashkol | | |bank is the |Long, flat, | | | |high rugged |well-wooded | | | |mass of Jebel |island opposite| | | |Arashkol, with|Amara. | | | |several | | | | |distinct | | | | |peaks. | | | | |Volcanic. | | | | |Chief peak | | | | |named J. Abd | | | | |el Daim | | | | | | | Shabasha |3 | 112 |Good camping |A ferry | | | |ground and |connects |