| | | |“difficult, | | | | |dangerous, and | | | | |tedious.” | | | | | | Gemai | 2| 15 | | |Used in 1884-5 | | | | |as head of | | | | |railway, | | | | |portage for | | | | |boats, &c. | | | | | Murshid | 10| 25 | | | | | | | | Sarras | 8| 33 | | |Advanced post | | _53_ | | |and fort of the | | | | |Frontier force | | | | |1886 to 1896. | | | | | Ruin | 1| 34 |Ancient | |Railway here | | |Egyptian fort | |leaves the | | | | |river bank and | | | | |enters the | | | | |rocky desert to | | | | |the East. | | | | | Melik | 6| 40 | |Melik Island; | | | _64_ | |ancient temple | | | | |of Sikator I. | | | | | | Semna | 3| 43 |Semna Temple on|Here a narrow |Kumna Temple on Rapid | | |height about |ridge of gneiss |height about | | |300 feet above |forms an awkward|400 feet above | | |river. Jebel |barrier. At high|river. | | |Barga just |Nile the river | | | |behind |sweeps over it | | | | |without | | | | |perceptible | | | | |diminution of | | | | |width (430 | | | | |yards), but at | | | | |low Nile the | | | | |rocks are bare |