| | |The track along here is all good | | |going and would be quite passable | | |in the rains. | | | | 2¼ | 179⅞ |Cattle zeriba of Fadok (Dunjol). | | | Diwot | 1¼ | 181⅛ |First Shilluk village met with on | | |this (east) bank. End of the Dinka | | |country on the river. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 44.—JEBEL AHMED AGHA TO AWITONG AND KASH-KASH. BY CAPTAIN H. H. WILSON, JANUARY, 1903. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Jebel Ahmed | — | — |The track up Khor Rau runs Agha | | |northwards for 2 miles and then | | |crosses the khor, and turning | 2 | 2 |eastwards follows it closely. | | |Country well wooded, though in | | |places the forest gives place to | | |bush. | | | _Gaibek_ | 7¾ | 9¾ |A village of the Dinka district of | | |Gi-el, sub-division Baanwen. The | | |whole of this country is in | | |certain years under water, not | | |from the local rains, but from the | | |overflow of Khor Rau, which brings | | |water down from the Abyssinian | | |mountains. After such a flood, | | |extraordinary dura crops are | | |harvested, being sown as late as | | |October, when the waters subside. | | | _Debba Mabiu_ | 5⅛ | 14⅞ |On R. bank of khor, which is here | | |some 60 yards wide, with pools of | | |water in places. Scene of fight | | |between Dinkas and Government