| | |excellent |Shabasha El | | | |watering |Gharb with | | | |place. Village|Shabasha El | | | |under spur |Sharg (on the | | | |from main mass|east of the | | | |of Jebel |river). | | | |Arashkol. | | | | |Track | | | | |continues | | | | |through | | | | |cultivation. | | | | |Good going | | | | | | | Ghobeisha |9 | 121 | | |The road closes | | | | |to river at | | | | |Meshra. | | | | |Ghobeisha | | | | |village. Good | | | | |place for camp | | | | |and watering. | | | | |Road crosses | | | | |open plain with | | | | |high grass; | | | | |cotton soil; | | | | |probably under | | | | |water at high | | | | |Nile (?) | | | | | El Dueim |4 | 125 |Town of |Channel narrows|Road opposite | | _201_ |fluctuating |to 1 mile or |Dueim leads to | | |population of |less |Maatuk, Managil, | | |about 7,000 | |and Wad Medani. | | |inhabitants; | | | | |disembarking | | | | |place for El | | | | |Obeid. Head | | | | |Quarters of | | | | |the White Nile| | | | |Province and | | | | |residence of | | | | |the Governor. | |