--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Khartoum | — | — |Leaving Khartoum by the track | | |passing 200 yards west of the | | |westernmost rifle butts, the | | |country for the first 7 miles is | | |quite open, and very slightly | | |undulating. The soil is poor and | | |sandy, and no attempt at | | |cultivation is visible. At 8 miles | | |the track passes through low | | |scattered arak bush, which _Id El | 17½ | 17½ |continues to Id El Agaliin, where Agaliin_ | | |there is one well 120 feet deep | | |with a good supply of water. Ahmed | | |El Faki is the Omda of El Agaliin. | | |Very fair grazing for camels on | | |arak bush. Leaving the Id the | | |country soon becomes open and | | |bare, the soil richer, and traces | | |of cultivation appear. Numerous | | |cross tracks to the river are met | | |with. | | | _Id Wad El | 4 | 21½ |One well 120 feet deep; water said Bella_ | | |to be plentiful. | | | _Sherafat_ | 9 | 30½ |A tukl village (all villages met | | |hereafter are built of tukls) is | | |passed 1¼ miles on W. of track. It | | |has a well. A mile further on arak | | |and laot bush commence and _Id El Orus_ | 5½ | 36 |continue to Id El Orus, where | | |there is one well 120 feet deep; | | |water plentiful, but slightly | | |salt. About a mile before reaching | | |the Id a large village named | | |Debeisa is passed about 1 mile to | | |the east.