| | | |high Nile is | | | | |probably 300 to| | | | |600 yards wide,| | | | |but at low Nile| | | | |nowhere more | | | | |than 300 yards;| | | | |fordable nearly| | | | |everywhere. | | | | |Many wildfowl | | | | |on it | | | | | | Um Hedeida|10| 320 | |Khor decreases |Track follows | | | |till at Um |eastern bank of | | | |Hedeida water |khor. Country | | | |stagnant and in|covered with 3 | | | |small quantity |feet high grass | | | |(February). |where not burnt. | | | |Elephants drink|Scattered bush | | | |here regularly,|“Heglig” and | | | |but only at |“Hashab”; no | | | |night. They |cultivation. | | | |pass the day | | | | |about 20 miles |Water reappears | | | |inland in a |in khor. Selim | | | |forest of dense|encampments east | | | |kittr bush |of track. | | | |which the Arabs| | | | |call their | | | | |“beit” or | | | | |house. | | | | | | Leungtom |6 | 326 | |South of Wad |Meshra. Road (D), or | | | |Dakona Island |approaches Nile Domaia (or| | | | |for first time El Wat | | | | |since Renk. (A)) | | | | |About 1½ miles | | | | |inland are | | | | |villages of | | | | |Kolang El Wat | | | | |under Sheikh | | | | |Salem Banga