| | |several shallow khors. | | | _Meshra | 6 | 103½ |Track strikes river at a broad re- Abrakuba_ | | |entrant bend. Plentiful supply of | | |water and gently shelving banks | | |easy for any animals to water. | | |Good camping and grazing ground by | | |the river. | | | _Shammam_ | — | — |A small tukl village of Dinka | | |colonists. Sheikh Dik Malek. Is | | |situated to left of track on | | |rising ground among trees above | | |river. Dura cultivation shows its | | |presence at some distance from the | | |track, from which it is itself | | |invisible. Poor supplies; a little | | |dura was obtained after some | | |difficulty. Water good and | | |plentiful. | | | | | |From here track bends inland from | | |river crossing the shallow khors | | |of Wad Bikr and Malwia. The track | | |is indistinct and hard to follow | | |owing to clearing having been done | | |in most erratic fashion. Camels | | |have to proceed at a walk. After | | |7½ miles track, strikes the river | | |again, which is dry here, and is | | |running round a large island, | | |Geziret Fatna. Two miles further | | |on comes | | | _Meshra | 9½ | 119 |A large shallow pool rapidly Geziret Fatna_| | |drying up. Track runs along this | | |pool for about 1 mile over rough | | |going where the two branches of | | |the river round Geziret Fatna re- | | |unite and track strikes N. and | | |then trends round to river again,