| | |alluvial plain,| | | | |running down to| | | | |river. Monday | | | | |market; mass of| | | | |cultivation; 2¾| | | | |hours’ steam | | | | |from Khandak; | | | | |considerable | | | | |supply of wood,| | | | |the mimosa | | | | |trees growing | | | | |to a great | | | | |height. On | | | | |leaving El | | | | |Goled, the road| | | | |runs at some | | | | |distance from | | | | |the river | | | | |across a rich | | | | |alluvial plain | | | | |(cultivated) | | | | | | | Wad Abbas | 3| 334 | |Nani Island |Desert road | | | | |leads east from | | | | |Wad Abbas to | | | | |near Merowe. | | | | |(76 miles.) | | | | | Rumi | 2| 336 |Villages Bahri |Rumi Island 2 |Stone ruins 2 | | |and Gibli |miles on |miles inland to | | | | |north-east. | | | | | Bakri | 4| 340 |On nearing this| | | | |place the | | | | |ground becomes | | | | |more sandy and | | | | |covered with | | | | |mimosa scrub. | | | | |It extends for | | | | |over 1 mile, | | | | |amidst palms | |