| | |There are some signs in this last | | |mile of the country having been | | |cultivated. From here the river is | | |about 3 miles off, invisible on | | |account of the bank of sand which | | |forms the desert edge, and some | | |trees on it. | | | | | |After this the road enters some | | |low sand hills, with large clumps | | |of big trees on the river side | | |about ½ mile off. | | | | 3 | 13 |Three miles off this brings one | | |into the first open scrub, which | | |gets closer as it approaches the | | |river—but is not thick, except in | | |a few places on the river bank. | | | Geziret Haraz | 4 | 17 |At 17 miles the head of two | | |islands at high Nile (now no Geziret Um | — | — |longer islands), called Geziret Arda | | |Haraz and Geziret Um Arda. These | | |islands are, I believe, some 5 | | |miles apart at high Nile, but are | | |now practically one, owing to big | | |alluvial flat from which they | | |rise, being dry at this time of | | |the year (10.3.99). | | | | | |At this point, and for the next 3 | | |miles on the road, there are a | | |good number of shallow, 15 to 20 | | |feet, wells, giving good water, | | |slightly bitter. I only saw 3, but | | |7 were reported by natives. There | | |are a good number of camels to be | | |seen in this piece of country. | | | J. Auli | 8 | 25 |Eight miles further takes one to | | |J. Auli, a steep rock about 100