| | |south bend, Rufaa being about 3 | | |miles north-east from here on R.B. | | |There is a telegraph office at | | |Rufaa. | | | | | |In the bend opposite Rufaa are | | |several villages, chief being El | | |Amara, which is the Head Quarters | | |of the Mamur of Mesellemia | | |District. | | | _Wad El Fadui_| 5 | 87½ |Road leaves El Amara to the left | | |and strikes the river again near | | |Wad El Fadui. | | | _El Akura_ | 4 | 911 |Conspicuous palms near river’s | | |edge. Rain cultivation all along | | |road and inland. | | | _Grigrib_ | 3 | 94½ |Small Halawin village. Old | | |Mesellemia now mostly in ruins, | | |lies about 4 miles south-west | | |inland from here. | | | _Fadasi_ | 1¾ | 96¼ |Large village. Inhabitants chiefly | | |Rekabia Halimab. Omda is Sheikh El | | |Nazir Yusef. Rest house. From here | | |track passes through dura | | |cultivation whole way to Wad | | |Medani. | | | _Fadasi El | 1¾ | 98 |Palms and good deal of bush along Amara_ | | |river bank. | | | _Wad | 10 | 108 |Head Quarters of Sennar Province Medani_[20] | | |and 1 battalion of infantry. | | |Second largest town in the Sudan. | | | _Habiballa_ | 3 | 111 |Village on Blue Nile on left of | | |road. Much cultivation hereabouts. | | |