| | |used, but now they are mostly | | |overgrown, and travelling by night | | |is an unpleasant, if not a | | |dangerous proceeding. | | | _J. Gireiwa_ | 21½ | 298 |Two long low hills running nearly | | |E. and W., and where the road | | |passes between them there is a | | |small supply of water (spring), 20 | | |yards on right side of road. | | | _El Burun_ | 7 | 305 |J. Gule is first visible from | | |here, and is a granite mass about | | |1,300 (?) feet high and 1¾ miles | | |long, lying nearly E. and W. El | | |Burun a small village at the foot | | |of northern face of the jebel is | | |first approached, the road then | | |turns to the west, passing an | | |encampment of Dar Agil Arabs, and | | |after rounding the western end of _Gule_ | 3 | 308 |Jebel Gule the village of Gule is | | |reached close at the foot of | | |western and of southern face. | | |There is a plentiful supply of | | |water, which, however, is largely | | |impregnated with lime and | | |consequently is injurious to | | |health. Idris Wad Regab is Sheikh | | |of Dar Fung and lives here. He is | | |a direct descendant of the kings | | |of the Fung, whose former | | |territory extended to the south | | |beyond the present limits of the | | |Sudan-Abyssinian frontier. The | | |total inhabitants of Gule and its | | |two outlying hamlets is about | | |1,000. The natives are Hameg, and | | |Selim and Dar Agil Baggaras roam | | |about in the neighbourhood. Roads | | |lead from here to Roseires (5