Agil_ | | |by river bank to Karkoj, a town of | | |not much importance now owing to _Karkoj_ | 5 | 224 |the transfer of Government | | |offices, &c., to Senga. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 32.—KHARTOUM TO GOZ ABU GUMA AND JEBELEIN, UP RIGHT BANK OF WHITE NILE. COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY CAPTAINS T. CONOLLY AND W. A. BOULNOIS (1899). N.B.—The river can be approached practically anywhere as far as Shawal. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- | | |Leaving the most westerly group of | | |palms at Khartoum, the road runs | | |due south for a mile, leaving the | | |village of Goz on the left, and | | |that of Rumeila on the right. | | |Cotton soil. River visible. | | | | | |In next 7 miles road runs (185 | | |Mag.), passing a string of | | |villages on the right (W.) about 1 Assara | — | — |mile away. The name of all these | | |seems to be Assara, till one gets Kalakla | 5 | 6 |to the village of Kalakla, about 6 | | |miles from Khartoum, situated in a | | |large clump of trees. Road runs on | | |open desert sand—very good going; | | |river invisible, about 2 miles | | |off. | | | Sheikh Um | 3 | 9 |At 9 miles from Khartoum road Meriom | | |passes a village with a high tomb | | |in it, called Sheikh Wad Um | | |Meriom. This lies on the river | | |about 1½ miles from the main road. | | | El Kalakeil | 1 | 10 |At 10 miles road passes El | | |Kalakeil on the E. side of it.