--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Abu Haraz | — | — |Half of a mile N. of junction of | | |R. Rahad and Blue Nile. Track | | |leads through the village in an E. | | |direction, and 4 miles over a | | |plain covered with grass 4 feet | | |high after rains; then some bush | | |is entered which necessitates | | |reducing front of the column to | | |file. The Rahad is from 1 to 1½ | | |miles distant on right flank, its | | |banks covered with a belt of | | |jungle. Track consists of four to | | |six camel tracks over cotton soil. | | | _Meshra El | 8 | 8 |Half a mile before reaching this Hedeiba_ | | |meshra, the road bends to the | | |S.E.; 1¼ miles E. is the village | | |of Hedeiba, and 2 to 3 miles N.E. | | |is the village of Shegeila. A | | |single flat-topped samr tree marks | | |nearest point for water. A large | | |pool of water always here during | | |the dry season in the river bed. | | |Track passes over grassy plain | | |covered with the usual grasses met | | |with along the road, viz.: aada | | |grass, which grows in wet places | | |as high as 18 feet, and naal, from | | |1½ to 3 feet high. | | | _Id El Maya_ | 2½ | 10½ |A descent of ½ mile brings one to | | |this khor skirted with trees; the | | |hamlet of that name lies 2 miles | | |from the river; a meshra and pool | | |here in the dry season. The hamlet | | |of Amara lies 2½ miles N.E. Same