--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Sofi | — | — |Road goes down into khor and then | | |winding through bushes and water | | |courses follows crest of ridge | | |between Atbara and Khor Gurri, | | |then turns E. towards Kreder. | | | Kreder | 6 | 6 |A village of about 100 huts on | | |spur above river, and not as shown | | |on old maps. | | | _Sherif | 9 | 15 |There is no road now; I went Ibrahim_ | | |across country, crossing ravines | | |bordering Atbara, camels followed | | |edge of plateau about 5 hours’ | | |march from Sofi. No village, only | | |tombs of former inhabitants. Path | | |leads from village to Meshra on | | |Atbara. | | | _Dabuli_ | 12 | 27 |Left Sherif Ibrahim in a S.W. | | |direction, and after 1 hour struck | | |old path from Sofi; followed this, | | |and after 2 hours came on | | |cultivation. A big khor runs in | | |N.E. direction towards Atbara. | | |There are old wells here and site | | |of village. New wells are being | | |opened. | | | _Goreisha_ | 15 | 42 |Road now crosses khor above | | |mentioned twice, and after 2 hours | | |J. Tomborgu is passed on the | | |right. From here road crosses | | |three big khors, and in the next | | |Khor J. Omrad, then cultivation of | | |Goreisha is reached on left of | | |road.