--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Gokjak | — | — |Small compact village on left bank | | |of Sobat, good dry banks, few | | |trees. Track from Gokjak runs over | | |open plain, very bad going, black | | |cotton soil; large cracks in | | |ground, making it difficult for | 1½ | 1½ |transport animals. Khor 100 yards | | |wide, running parallel to river, | | |dry in April; track continuous | | |over open grass plain, mostly | | |burnt in dry season, and no trees | | |except one or two solitary ones to | | | _Shol Ajik_ | 7 | 8½ |Small Dinka village on right bank | | |of Khor Filus, which runs from | | |here to its mouth (10 miles from | | |mouth of Sobat); khor dried up | | |into pools, water muddy; few trees | | |in village, also Sheikh’s tomb | | |with huge elephant tusk. The | | |tracks run on to M’Yolga; inland | | |track the better, alternative | | |track follows and passes under | | |large trees for 3 miles; track bad | | |to | | | M’Yolga | 8½ | 17 |Long straggling Dinka villages on | | |Khor Filus, water in pools, fair; | | |many water-fowl. Sheikhs Ayung Yor | | |and Agweir Owawe. Track now winds | | |about the end of M’Yolga district. | | |Two small villages on khor, and 2 | 4 | 21 |miles further on enters bush of | | |red talh, which leaves and crosses | | |grass plain after 1½ miles, and | | |rejoins khor 3 miles further on.