| | |stretches as far as Abu El Ashr. | | | _El Heleila_ | 1 | 56 |A small village of Kamlin district | | |1¼ mile left of road, population | | |200. | | | _Kalkol_ | — | — |Same as El Heleila. A thick grove | | |of Dom palms close to village. | | | _Kamlin_ | 2½ | 58½ |A large village, population 1,500, | | |with thin grove of date palms on | | |north side with rest house. Market | | |place, dura obtainable. There are | | |government farms and old ruined | | |indigo factory. A good camping | | |ground on south side of village. | | |The road to Kamlin is quite | | |suitable for wheel traffic. The | | |inhabitants of Kamlin seem | | |prosperous. The Gezira seems well | | |supplied with grass. The road now | | |passes through more cultivation; | | |rain-cultivation dura on both | | |sides of road. Head Quarters of | | |Blue Nile Province (P.T.O.). | | | _Um Degersi_ | 6½ | 65 |Two small villages, population | | |700, 1 mile east of road; nearly | | |all straw tukls. Near here another | | |small village on bank Abd El | | |Magdi, population 200; river | | |cultivation. One mile south on | | |right bank of river is the large | | |village of Helalia. | | | _Abu El Ashr_ | 3 | 68½ |A large village on river bank. | | |Here commences Halawin district | | |(includes Abu El Ashr), population | | |600; mud houses. Road passes | | |through open woody country. | | |