Sheikh’s |2 | 162 | | |Tomb of Sheikh Tomb | | | | |Nur El Taib; | | | | |three large | | | | |trees, ruined | | | | |mud and brick | | | | |buildings and | | | | |some flags mark | | | | |it. Road bends | | | | |due south to | | | | |Shawal. | | | | | Shawal, |1 | 163 |Abu Lahm at |North end of |Village right. Abu Lahm, | | _262_ |point of curve|Aba Island. |Three and Aba | | | |Take western |conspicuous Island (N.| | | |channel. Island|single hills end) | | | |cultivated in |(Jebel Tuema?) | | | |places, some 27|about 20 miles | | | |miles in |south-east and a | | | |length, belt of|fourth peaked | | | |trees along |hill rather | | | |river’s edge, |south of these | | | |but interior |(Jebel Buyut?). | | | |only thinly |Country on right | | | |wooded. Higher |open bush, | | | |at south than |slightly | | | |at north end. |undulating, good | | | |Inhabited by a |sandy watering | | | |few Shilluks. |places on river. | | | |From this point| | | | |the character | | | | |of both banks | | | | |changes. The | | | | |sand dunes seen| | | | |lower down the | | | | |river have been| | | | |gradually | | | | |disappearing, | | | | |and black | | | | |cotton soil now| | | | |comes down to | | | | |the water’s |