--------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 25.—KARKOJ TO HAWATA. BY MR. E. BONHAM CARTER, MARCH, 1902. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Karkoj | — | — |R. bank Blue Nile. | | | | | |From Karkoj, a narrow but well | | |defined track leads through bush, | | |thick in places, to the village of _Kamrab_ | 18 | 18 |Kamrab, half a mile beyond which | | |is a well and trees giving | | |excellent shade. | | | _Abu Hashim_ | 4½ | 22½ |The R. Dinder is reached at Abu | | |Hashim (Sheikh El Amin), a village | | |on the left bank. The Dinder 100 | | |yards wide was dry here (March, | | |1902), but there were water holes | | |in its bed. | | | _Meshra | 12½ | 35 |The road here crosses the Dinder Deberki_ | | |and follows the river to Meshra | | |Deberki. River dry here, and about | | |100 yards wide, but water holes in | | |bed, and there is a large pool | | |about ¼ mile up the river. No | | |village here. Little shade at | | |Meshra, but plenty ½ mile further | | |up the river. | | | | | |The track here leaves the river, | | |and after crossing an open piece | | |passes through thick bush for 2 | | |miles, after which an open grassy | | |plain with scattered bush extends | | |for some distance. | | |