| | |broken ground skirts the river | | |between El Kabur and Kabeinat, | | |and is impracticable for | | |cavalry. Opposite this ruined | | |fort there is another of a | | |similar kind. The river between | | |these two forts is very narrow, | | |and forms the commencement of | | |the Kabeinat Cataract. | | | Mushani ridge | 5 | 39 |The road skirts the river bank; | | |but although the country is | | |more open than that previously | | |travelled it is broken at parts | | |by rocky ridges and deep | | |ravines. Much acacia and many | | |dom palms are found. | | | | | |Kabeinat Cataract presents no | | |difficulty to navigation, and | | |although the current is rapid, | | |no broken water offering | | |serious impediments to the | | |passage of boats, is met with | | |until the Gab El Abd Gate, 2 | | |miles above the ruined forts, | | |is reached. Here there is a | | |direct fall of water which, | | |however, can be avoided by | | |going over to the right bank. | | |From this point to Mushani | | |ridge, which may be called the | | |upper end of Gab El Abd | | |Cataract, the river presents | | |most serious difficulties. | | |Tracking from rocks and islands | | |has invariably to be resorted | | |to, and at low Nile it is | | |doubtful whether even light | | |boats could be taken up this | | |part of the river. | | |