Abu Dom | 16| 387 |The road passes|River channel |East bank | |_623_ |over sand and |now curves, and |becomes more | | |some slight |runs south-west |cultivated. | | |sandhills while|and north-east. |Districts of | | |passing Abu |Easy navigation |Affat, Abseit, | | |Dom. An |to foot of 4th |Nizezi, Neriko | | |important |Cataract. |and Difar. Rest | | |village of | |house at Affat. | | |about 300 men; | | | | |the houses are | | | | |scattered along| | | | |the edge of the| | | | |sand; there are| | | | |30 water-wheels| | | | |and a few | | | | |palms. | | | | |Cultivation: | | | | |dura, wheat, | | | | |Indian corn. | | | | |Market on | | | | |Wednesdays. The| | | | |most southerly | | | | |point on the | | | | |river before | | | | |reaching | | | | |Berber. A more | | | | |northerly | | | | |course is then | | | | |taken. The left| | | | |bank continues | | | | |most rich in | | | | |cultivation; | | | | |wood abounds. | | | | |Next districts | | | | |in order: Abu | | | | |Kleiwat, Jura | | | | |(with ruins of | | | | |Coptic church, | | | | |road makes | | | | |short cut to | | | | |east), | |