| 2 | 125 |The best place for a small party | | |is 2 miles higher up the Girgegi. | | |A well defined track, starting | | |N.W. across Wadi Shilha and leads | | |over good pasture land with many | | |mimosa trees and sandy soil to _Ladda_ | 20 | 145 |Ladda. A large tank hewn out of | | |the rock in the middle of a grass | | |plain. Plenty of water, 1/4/00, | | |diameter about 100 feet, depth in | | |middle 5 feet, said to last all | | |the year. Many flocks; Ababda and | | |Hassania tribes. Tomb of Atali | | |close to the tank. The track leads | | |past several stony ridges and | | |sandy soil, across 3 or 4 khors, | | |notably Fehed, and is lost about 7 Shendi | 41 | 186 |miles from Shendi, which is | | |reached descending a long very | | |gradual slope from the high | | |plateau at the foot of J. Girenat | | |and Neheidat. Distance taken to | | |Gubba Shendi. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 16.—EL DAMER TO FASHER (ATBARA). BY MAJOR BULKELEY JOHNSON, SCOTS GREYS, OCTOBER, 1901. [Sidenote: General Remarks. Road.] From El Damer to Goz Regeb the road is stony and sandy, with open desert or open bush. Going: good for horses in open formation but slightly heavy; for artillery, heavy, with a strain on the horses the whole journey. I should suggest some form of detachable broad sand tyre to prevent sinking of the wheels, as suggested in Journal of Artillery Institute, of, I think, September, 1901. From Goz Regeb to Sofi the road is a single track through long grass on a high plateau, 2 or 3 miles from river, which is difficult of access owing to broken ground gradually sloping to river, which is cut up by innumerable khors, water courses, and bush.