| | |river the shorter—latter part | | |along edge of Maya Ahmar, and cuts | | |through it. River reached by | | |elephant track. Country dense | | |scrub, and difficult for camels at _Galgeni_ | 15 | 68 |night. At high Nile lower road | | |impassable. Good camp on sandy bed | | |of river. Grass plentiful and | | |watering easy. Road now good | | |though hilly, and follows | | |telegraph line, but branches off | | |to river opposite to Sherif Ahmed | | |(right bank). Dense bush. | | | _Taulu_ | 19 | 87 |A very good, large camping ground | | |on grass and good meshra. Wood and | | |grass plentiful. Camp must be | | |swampy in rains. | | | | | |Road still hilly; difficult khor | | |about 4 miles from camp, could be | | |easily improved. Road difficult | | |for camels owing to thick bush, | | |and road along telegraph too | | |hilly. | | | _Abu Kok_ | 17 | 104 |Camp at Abu Kok in February bad, | | |as site is really a marsh. Bad | | |water, but later on river is | | |getatable. | | | _El Disa_ | 10 | 114 |From here road along telegraph, | | |but later branches off to El Disa | | |on a rise overlooking small lake. | | |Very pretty place. Camped on sandy | | |river bed; easy watering; wood and | | |grass plentiful. | | | | | |After striking telegraph good | | |road, first 4 miles through thick