| | | |Abu Guma is |here and | | | |shallow, and |continues | | | |dries up at low|southwards. East | | | |Nile, when a |bank heavy grass | | | |landing has to |with a few | | | |be effected |acacias. The | | | |either 2 miles |east channel | | | |above the town |here is some 500 | | | |or on the west |yards wide. The | | | |bank of the |north and south | | | |island opposite|road runs ½ to 1 | | | |the town. |mile from river. | | | | |Line of villages | | | | |on high ground | | | | |4½ miles from | | | | |river. Good | | | | |grazing; 400 | | | | |inhabitants; | | | | |Tukls. Little | | | | |trade. Greek | | | | |merchants have | | | | |collecting | | | | |station during | | | | |the gum season | | | | |on the left | | | | |bank, which | | | | |belongs to | | | | |Kordofan. | | | | | El Khema |7 | 199 | | |Road joins river | | | | |at El Khema | | | | |Police Post. | | | | |Many birds and | | | | |monkeys. | | | | | Abbassia |1 | 200 | | |Colony of old Gedida | | _322_ | | |Sudanese (Black | | | | |soldiers. East Colony) | | | | |bank reed strip | | | | |thinner than | | | | |west.