| | |largest town on the Blue Nile. It | | |stands some little way back from | | |the river, and is a fairly | | |populous place. Its inhabitants | | |are a branch of the Shukria tribe | | |of Arabs, and call themselves | | |Rufaa-Shukria. Good crops are | | |raised on the foreshore and | | |islands in the vicinity, and | | |melons are cultivated, upon an | | |extensive scale on the flats up- | | |stream of the town. The river here | | |is very wide and shallow, and | | |navigation in summer is extremely | | |difficult. | | | Amara | 2 | 118¾ | | | | Abid | 1 | 119¾ |L. | | | Ereibab | 4 | 122¼ |R. About 1½ miles inland. | | | Wad Belal | 4½ | 126¾ |L. | | | Fadassi | 4 | 130¾ |L. Large village and Rest house. | | |Good garden on river bank | | |belonging to Omda of village. | | | Fadassi Amrab | 2 | 132¾ |L. | | | Tayiba | 3 | 135¾ |L. | | | Hamid El Nil | 1½ | 137¼ |R. | | | Abu Haraz | 1½ | 138¾ |Starting place of caravan road to | | |Gedaref. | | | Abu Ushur | ¾ | 139½ |R. Mouth of River Rahad. Water | | |differs little from that of Blue | | |Nile; rather more vegetable | | |organic matter. Jungle begins both