| | |country is tolerably open. Soon | | |after leaving the meshra, the | | |track follows the eastern bank of | | |a khor resembling Gaza El Abiad. | | |The Arab name for it varies with | | |the districts it traverses. The | | |Dinka name was not obtained. On | | |the W. of the track is a fringe of | | |thick talh bush, to the E. the | | |country is fairly open. | | | Debba El | 4 | 317 |The first dom palms are met here. Zawia | | |This Debba is the commencement of | | |the Nabagaia district. | | | Dinka | 2½ | 319½ |A village, Anok, belonging to village, | | |Agweim Dinkas, is passed about ¾ Anok | | |miles to E. on a slight elevation | | |and thick talh bush commences on | | |both sides of the track. This | | |village appears to depend on the | | |river for its water supply. | | | | | |The bush gradually develops into | | |talh and heglig forest. There is | | |good shade all along the khor and | | |the track, as it has been | | |throughout, is excellent; the | | |trees along the route cause little | | |inconvenience. | | | _Tereiba_ | 9 | 328½ |Nabagaia district ends and Tereiba (Arab) | | |begins, and is marked by the | | |reappearance of dom palms. | | | | 2 | 330½ |An excellent mid-day camping | | |ground, good shade and water in | | |the khor. J. Ahmed Agha is visible | | |from near here. | | | Debba | 3 | 333½ |Dense forest continues until