--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Right bank, | — | — |Starting on right bank, opposite opposite | | |Nasser, the following villages Nasser | | |were passed on the north bank:— | | | Tawba | 9 | 9 | } | | | } Nyakwoik | 3 | 12 | } Small Nuer villages. | | | } Gau | 3 | 15 | } | | | Shillup (1st | 1½ | 16½ |From this point a waterless road camp) | | |strikes straight to Fashoda, 3 | | |days’ march for natives. | | | Ford Kofiat | 2 | 18½ |At Kofiat the river was forded. (Sheikh Akol) | | |About 3 feet deep and 200 yards | | |wide. Exit on south bank bad, but | | |bottom firm and good. The road on | | |the north bank was said to be | | |overgrown, and there was little | | |sign of inhabitants on the south Nyanlang | 3½ | 22 |bank; cutting across a large | | |bend, came to Nyanlang, Fauwel, Fauwel | ½ | 22½ |and Nyandeng; the latter is a | | |small village near a dry shallow Nyandeng (2nd | 3 | 25½ |drainage khor. Thick bush and bad camp) | | |mosquitoes. | | | Minchom | 2¼ | 27¾ |Thence cutting another bend | | |through Minchom, striking the Twednyang | 2¾ | 30½ |river again at Twednyang. | | | Ashol | ½ | 31 |Thence striking across bend | | |through Ashol, to Abong, thence to Abong | 1½ | 32½ |Patiyam, which is the last Nuer | | |village; now enter the Nyuak | | |district of Amol.