| | | |Desert, varied | | | | |by black crags | | | | |jutting out of | | | | |it and low rocky| | | | |hills, while the| | | | |right or eastern| | | | |bank is | | | | |generally rocky,| | | | |free from sand, | | | | |and in some | | | | |places almost | | | | |precipitous. | | | | | | Matuka | 3| 10 |Ancient | | | | _16_ |Egyptian | | | | |fortress of | | | | |Matuka (XIIth | | | | |Dynasty). Small| | | | |temple to S.E. | | | | |(_see_ Murray, | | | | |page 982). | | | | | | | Head of | 3| 13 | |Between the head| 2nd | | _21_ | |of the 2nd | cataract | | | |cataract and the| | | | |foot of the | | | | |Semna Rapid the | | | | |Nile runs | | | | |through a | | | | |sterile and | | | | |uninviting | | | | |country, the | | | | |eastern side | | | | |covered with | | | | |masses of black | | | | |rocks, the | | | | |western with | | | | |mountains of | | | | |yellow sand. The| | | | |navigation is | | | | |described as |