Island | |_405_ | |Argo Island, |10 small (Rest | | | |perhaps the |villages on E. house) | | | |richest soil in |bank behind | | | |the Sudan. |Argo Island; | | | |Thickly |cultivation | | | |populated and |carried on | | | |highly |chiefly for the | | | |cultivated. The |“Demera” crop. | | | |head man is | | | | |called the Melik| | | | |(King) of Argo. | | | | |The east channel| | | | |is narrow and | | | | |navigable for 3 | | | | |months only. | | | | |Numerous fertile| | | | |islands in west | | | | |channel. Hd. | | | | |Qrs. of a | | | | |District | | | | | | Zawerat | 19| 271 |Highly |South end of | | | |cultivated |Argo. | | | | | | | | |Chief ferry | | | | |between W. Bank| | | | |and S. end of | | | | |Island, where | | | | |boats can | | | | |always be found| | | | | | | Dongola | 9| 280 |Better known to|Numerous | (Rest | |_450_ |the natives as |sandbanks, | house) | | |El Ordi. Lies 2|sometimes | | | |miles to the |causing | | | |north of the |difficulty in | | | |older pre- |landing. A large| | | |mahdist town. |island now lies | | | |Former capital |opposite the | | | |of the |town. | | | |Province. | |