| | | |themselves are | | | | |good for towing,| | | | |but difficulties| | | | |arise as the | | | | |river falls. The| | | | |most serious | | | | |obstacles are | | | | |the Sagias, | | | | |which in some | | | | |cases are only | | | | |50 to 100 yards | | | | |apart. | | | | | | Irtidi | 1| 281 |Village. Good |From Dongola to | | | |road alongside |Debba the river | | | |river and |is shallow, but | | | |telegraph line |clear of any | | | | |serious | | | | |obstructions all| | | | |the year round. | | | | |A few isolated | | | | |rocks appear at | | | | |low Nile. | | | | | | Khannag | 2| 283 |Village. | | | | | | | Sheikh | 1| 284 |Small village, | |The east bank Sherif | | |¾ of a mile | |is desert sand, | | |from river. | |and almost | | |Intervening | |entirely | | |space highly | |uncultivated. | | |cultivated. The| | | | |road from | | | | |Dongola runs | | | | |over alluvial | | | | |soil at some | | | | |distance from | | | | |the river, on | | | | |the outskirts | | | | |of the | | | | |cultivation | |