| | |and the road from Doka joins here. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 24.—FAMAKA TO ABU RAMLA. BY MAJOR C. W. GWYNN. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Abrunga | — | — |The direct route is up the khor | | |through the Samina group. Very | | |little water among these hills and | | |none on the road. | | | _Belitamaru_ | 14 | 14 |About 1 mile north of the village | | |and Belitamaru there are hills | | |giving a little bed water in the | | |Khor Godaff. | | | _Matongwe_ | 11 | 25 |Matongwe is a small Gumz village | | |among the rocks on the side and | | |top of J. Matongwe. Good well at | | |the foot of the mountain. The | | |mountain is a very striking needle | | |of rock jutting straight out of | | |the plain. | | | _J. Abu Ramla_| 12 | 37 |No more water is found till J. Abu | | |Ramla is reached, and even there | | |it can only be obtained in any | | |quantity from the Khor Ramla at | | |north-east end of mountain. There | | |are holes in the rock on the hill | | |side, however, which supply the Mek’s Village | 3 | 40 |villages with drinking water. | | | | | |Another route can be taken from | | |Famaka along the Nile to Hoburra, | | |and thence to Belitamaru through | | |Abrunga, but the first portion of | | |the road along the river is very | | |bad.