| | | |Nile, and only | | | | |navigable with | | | | |difficulty at | | | | |high Nile. At | | | | |high Nile it is | | | | |a rumbling mass | | | | |of rapids, | | | | |whilst at low | | | | |Nile it is a | | | | |broken expanse | | | | |of black rock, | | | | |with shallow | | | | |channels finding| | | | |their way | | | | |between. The | | | | |Batn El Hagar | | | | |(Belly of rocks)| | | | |is now entered. | | | | |_See_ Hammill’s | | | | |report for | | | | |detail. | | | | | | Abu Sir | ½| 7 |High cliff. |The banks of the| | | |Fine view of |river between | | | |cataract |this point and | | | | |Ginnis, where | | | | |the Batn El | | | | |Hagar is | | | | |quitted, differ | | | | |remarkably in | | | | |their | | | | |characteristics.| | | | |The left or | | | | |western bank | | | | |usually presents| | | | |a steep slope of| | | | |loose golden | | | | |sand, driven by | | | | |the prevailing | | | | |winds from the | | | | |great Libyan |