| | |50 grass tukls, two mud houses. | 2 | 20½ |Big house standing alone. Sheikh | | |Omar. | | | Minawi | 1¼ | 21¾ |Meshra very good. | | | Goz El Halag | 4 | 25¾ |Opposite to Goz El Halag (meshra) | | |a few tukls. Road still 2 miles | | |from river. Country changes. Soil | | |becomes loamy, with some sand and | | |scattered bush. River bank lined | | |with doms. | | | Girsi | 5¼ | 31 |Village. Cultivation by sagias; | | |big meshra 2 miles north. Road | | |shortly goes through dura (rain | | |crops), therefore patrol skirted | | |outside this. Country as before; | | |open bush, mostly tundub; no road. | | | Debbet Bush | 3 | 34 |Opposite to big village Debbet. | | |Bush W. of outer road; about 2 | | |miles from river. Water from 2 | | |wells. | | | Burush | 4 | 38 |Opposite to; a few tukls, meshra. | | | Abaka | 3 | 41 |Ditto. | | | Helal | 7 | 48 |Ditto, meshra. Cultivation, and a | | |few tukls fairly close; bush mixed | | |with doms, about 1 mile broad from | | |river. | | | Shigil | 2 | 50 |Meshra. Cultivation on and near | | |river. Meshra in a small pool, | | |nearly dry (Oct. 16th). Island, ½ | | |mile long; plenty of neghil grass. | | |Village of Shigil, about 20 tukls; | 1 | 51 |½ mile from river in bush. | | |