| | |of the steep bank 9 feet from the | | |top. On the L. bank in Nov. there | | |is a large stagnant lagoon, which | | |probably increases the | | |unhealthiness of the site. | | | | | |One hundred and ten hours by steam | | |from Khartoum. | | | | | |Karkoj used to be an important | | |trading centre in the old days for | | |gum arabic, tamarinds, cattle, | | |cotton, coffee (from Abyssinia), | | |vegetables, &c. This used to be | | |the last place where one could lay | | |in stores for further travel. | | | | | |The river here is at high Nile 470 | | |yards broad, average depth 23 | | |feet, current 5 miles per hour; at | | |low Nile the figures are 330 | | |yards, 8 feet, and 1¼ miles | | |respectively. | | | | | |Surroundings bare. Woods, chiefly | | |acacia, &c., begin at some | | |distance off. | | | | | |(Marno took 25 days in a nugger | | |from Khartoum to this point, in | | |February.) | | | | | |The Upper Sennar negro race, the | | |Hameg, now begin to populate both | | |banks; a dirty, indolent race. | | | | | |From Karkoj upwards both banks are | | |highly cultivated and fertile, but | | |only on the narrow strip which is | | |liable to inundation at flood | | |time. Camels become gradually