Um Bellal | 3 | 114 |Village on right of road. Much | | |jungle along river bank. | | | _Bagadi_ | 9 | 123 |Several villages are passed and a | | |good deal of cultivation to | | |Bagadi, a large village with good | | |watering place. From here the | | |telegraph runs to Meshra El Beriab _Meshra El | 14 | 137 |(10 miles), and thence to Meshra Shukaba_ | | |El Shukaba (6½ miles); however, | | |the most direct road cuts off the | | |bend and strikes the river at | | |Meshra Shukaba. Several villages | | |in this neighbourhood and bush | | |both inland and along river bank. | | |A road from Segadi joins in here. | | | _El Denegila_ | 4 | 141 |Good watering place; several | | |villages. Cultivation. | | | _Meshra El | 9¾ | 150¾ |Several villages and much Dai_ | | |cultivation is passed on the river | | |bank about half way to Meshra El _Meshra El | 7 | 157¾ |Hegerat. Much bush about here, but Hegerat_ | | |main road is good. | | | _Sennar_ | 9 | 166¾ |In ruins, but being re-built. Head | | |Quarters of District and | | |garrisoned by a detachment from | | |Wad Medani. | | | | 2½ | 169¼ |River bends eastwards and road | | |leaves it about 2 miles to the _Meshra | 11 | 180¼ |east and passes through thick bush Eridiba_ | | |to Meshra Eridiba, 1¾ miles before | | |reaching which Sheikh Talha is | | |passed on the right bank. Good | | |camping ground and grazing. | | | | | |Leaving Meshra Eridiba the country | | |is more open, and cultivated with