| | | |by the ripples | | | | |which they | | | | |cause. | | | | | | Meshra |4 | 231 | | |Meshra to Masran Zubeid | | | | |Island. Hence | | | | |road winds | | | | |through thick | | | | |scrub, with | | | | |patches of open | | | | |country, to the | | | | |ford at | | | | |Jebelein. | | | | | Masran |5 | 236 | |Shilluk village| Island (S.| | | |at southern | end) | | | |point. Careful | | | | |navigation | | | | |necessary | | | | | | Jebelein |2 | 238 |Two roads lead|River about 500|The boundary | | _383_ |north- |yards wide; |between the | | |westwards from|rocks showing |White Nile and | | |opposite |in places. Up- |Upper Nile | | |Jebelein to |stream of |Provinces | | |Gedid, etc. |Jebelein, for |belonging itself | | |Baggara Selim |many miles, the|to the Upper | | |live on left |country is most|Nile (Kodok) | | |bank |dreary and |Province. | | | |monotonous. A |Jebelein is | | | |fringe of |easily | | | |forest on |recognisable by | | | |either bank |the five | | | |marks the |peculiarly- | | | |higher land. |shaped granite | | | |Between this |peaks which rise | | | |the river winds|abruptly from | | | |through reedy |the plain on the | | | |islands, masses|eastern shore. | | | |of swamp grass |The highest of | | | |and floating |these peaks is