| | |change yearly—last year’s spot was | | |called Anambul. Some Dinka | | |refugees are, however, going to | | |build this year on the meshra, | | |which is well suited for purposes | | |of being irrigated by shadufs or | | |sakias. This is the first meshra | | |since Elwat, and the last until | | |Kaka old wood station, though in | | |the dry season Meshra Rom becomes | | |a meshra. | | | | | |Jungle around Meshra Zeraf is | | |mostly kittr. | | | Khor Makwé | 1¾ | 71⅜ |600-800 yards wide, and even in | | |dry season impassable, for some | | |way up. In dry season a track | | |exists from here to Kaka wood | | |station by the river bank. The | | |track to the Dinka villages, | 4¾ | 76⅛ |however, runs up this khor till | | |Mile 76⅛, when the track leaves | | |the khor and runs off southwards | | |over a grass plain. Khor Makwé | | |runs on to Aturuk, a deserted | | |Dinka village. | | | Khor Turiak | 1½ | 77⅝ |Track runs along this khor, and 1 | | |mile further on crosses it. Arab | | |name for this khor is Fo-alig. | | | | ¾ | 78⅜ |Enter forest now, which consists | | |of trees and kittr bush, | | |alternately with occasional | | |patches of park-like land, for the | | |next 7½ miles. Khor Turiak is on | | |the left of track till spot where | | |track crosses it, and this khor | | |winds about on right of track till | | |Mile 89⅛.