| | |broad strip of | |north-east to | | |cultivation, | |Ghaddar, etc. | | |which | | | | |intervenes | | | | |between it and | | | | |the river. Good| | | | |camping ground | | | | |1 mile south | | | | | | | Old | 6| 351 |Dongola Gharbi.|Baja Island |Old Dongola, on Dongola, | |_564_ |Well | |the right bank, locally | | |cultivated, | |is a deserted pronounced| | |many trees; | |town of ruined “Tóngălo” | | |shelving banks | |mud houses, | | |and good | |containing not | | |landing. A | |more than 30 | | |long, scattered| |able-bodied | | |village, | |men. The people | | |separated from | |live in the | | |the river by a | |island of | | |broad strip of | |Hamur, a little | | |cultivation. | |higher up | | |Between the | |stream, and in | | |village and the| |the cultivated | | |desert is a | |districts on | | |tract covered | |the west bank; | | |with mimosa and| |much wood in | | |“dead sea | |surrounding | | |fruit.” Fairly | |country; 422 | | |well wooded. | |sagias. It is | | |Wednesday | |built on a | | |market | |rocky height, | | | | |overlooking the | | | | |river and the | | | | |desert to the | | | | |east. It is | | | | |capable of easy | | | | |defence, and | | | | |might be held | | | | |by a very small | | | | |force. In rear