| | |fight with Ahmed Fedil, 25th | | |December, 1898. The village is | | |over a mile from the river inland. | | |Village Iwan marked on map is | | |deserted. Latter part of road is | | |thick jungle, and several deep | | |khors intersect the path. Rest | | |house. | | | _Abu Gemai_ | 12½ | 436½ |L. Abu Gemai, village on W. bank, | | |about 20 people. Rest house. | | |Sheikh el Imam Ramadan. Open road | | |the greater part of the way, but | | |there are several deep khors | | |bounded by thick jungle. In 11th | | |mile you come to watering place, | | |Ardeiba. | | | Ardeiba | 11 | 447½ |R. Watering place. | | | _Abu Sheneina_| 3½ | 451 |L. Abu Sheneina, a village on W. | | |bank, about 200 people; Sheikh Abd | | |el Wahid Abu Shenein. Rest house. | | | Famaka | 9 | 460 |R. The latter part of road is very | | |rough indeed, going over shoulder | | |of J. Fazogli; very steep and | | |rocky about 2 to 3 miles. | | | Fazogli | 1 | 461 |L. Easy path. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- [Footnote 10: No water here, January, 1901.] [Footnote 11: There is now (1904) a colony of Baggara Arabs who were sent to this district after the fall of Omdurman (1893).] [Footnote 12: This road has recently been straightened and improved.] [Footnote 13: Not the same as Durraba on the Dinder.] [Footnote 14: This report is on the old route. The new route at times follows the old one and at times the telegraph line, but the watering places are the same on both routes.] [Footnote 15: On the 28th March, 1902, there were only a few inches of water in the well, and it took an hour to water 13 camels, using 2 girbas.—(Bonham-Carter).] [Footnote 16: Uninhabited in March, 1902 (Bonham-Carter).]