| | | |Between Belal | | | | |and Abu Hamed | | | | |there is little | | | | |cultivation, | | | | |except in the | | | | |Monasir (El | | | | |Salamat) | | | | |country. There | | | | |are numerous | | | | |villages on | | | | |either bank, and| | | | |the mud houses | | | | |are all | | | | |whitewashed and | | | | |of a better | | | | |class than those| | | | |below Dongola, | | | | |generally a | | | | |short distance | | | | |behind the | | | | |cultivated | | | | |strip. The | | | | |weather is | | | | |variable in | | | | |October; before | | | | |reaching Debba | | | | |the north wind | | | | |is sometimes | | | | |lost. Debba to | | | | |Abu Hamed is a | | | | |warmer district | | | | |than the country| | | | |below and above | | | | |these places. | | | | |Prevailing winds| | | | |from the north; | | | | |native boats | | | | |have to be towed| | | | |between the two | | | | |places named. | | | | |The banks |