--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Khartoum, | — | — |Railway terminus, &c. The road North | | |leads nearly due east, _viâ_ tomb | | |and well of Haj Yusef (Batahin), Bir Haj Yusef | 4½ | 4½ |about 80 feet deep, water good but | | |not plentiful, to Bir Babekr, Bir Babekr | 4½ | 9 |about 110 feet deep, water good | | |and plentiful. Scattered salam and | | |tundab bush. Inhabitants Batahin. | | | | | |After leaving Babekr the road | | |traverses bare level ground | | |covered with scattered samr and | | |selem trees. Hafir Medeisis, where | | |Hassania Arabs live and extract | | |salt during the rainy season, is | | |passed, and later Hafir El Wadi, | | |near which is a low stony hill | | |named El Gaber. Near Kalamon are | | |hafirs named Nuba and Um Denun, | | |where also salt is extracted by | | |the Hassania. | | | Bir Kalamon | 8 | 17 |Well 180 feet deep, water rather | | |salt, but very plentiful. From | | |here the direct road passes Hafir | | |El Kheila, the country is flat and | | |covered with scattered samr trees | | |and homra and meharib grass. The | | |road leads to a stony hill named J. Dura | 12 | 29 |J. Dura, after which the following | | |tanks are passed: Jan Kilwa, Um | | |Gedodeima, and Gala Um Johanis, | | |over which the road passes; beyond | | |this is Wadi Safra, where Hassania | | |Arabs cultivate. | | |