| | |More cultivation from here S. | | |Country also much more wooded. | | |Rest house. | | | Metemma | 1½ | 66 |R. 1 mile inland. The road on the | | |R. bank to Rufaa goes inland _viâ_ | | |the villages of Metemma, Branko | | |and Deim. | | | Hamed El Nil | 5½ | 71½ | | | | Branko | ½ | 72 |Some way inland R. | | | Um Degersi | ½ | 72½ |L. Two villages close together. | | | Abd El Magdi | 1 | 73½ |L. | | | Helalia | 2 | 75½ |R. Large village. | | | Abu El Ashr | 1½ | 77 |L. Helawin district commences | | |here. | | | Bueida Island | 3½ | 100½ | | | | Hegeir | 3 | 103½ |R. | | | Wad Abu Furur | 3½ | 107 |L. Large village with Government | | |Rest house. R. bank wooded. | | | _Hassa Hisa_ | 4¾ | 111¾ |L. Commonly called Hassai, largish | | |village, the direction of the | | |river after this is N.E. to Rufaa. | | |Hassai and Rufaa being at the | | |points of the curves of the S. | | |known as the Rufaa bend. Rest | | |house. | | | Rufa’a | 5 | 116¾ |R. Wood station. Former grain | | |stores. Ali Wad Abu Sin, and Wakil | | |el Amin Abu Sin, SS. Alla Hemrab | | |L. Rufa’a is said to be the second