_Setit_ | 1¼ | 39¼ |existing one of Hamrans at present | | |time, is reached. From here Setit _Atbara_ | 7½ | 46¾ |is crossed, and later R. Atbara | | |and village of Sofi is reached. | | | _Sofi_ | ¾ | 47½ |Little game was seen between | | |Umbrega and Sofi. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- [Footnote 1: Camel transport.] [Footnote 2: For further details regarding the water supply along this route _vide_ “Report on the Nile and country between Dongola, &c.,” 1898.] [Footnote 3: Meaning “red stone” in Hadendoa.] [Footnote 4: “Black stone” in Hadendoa.] [Footnote 5: Fuel should be carried between Ariab and Maho Bey.] [Footnote 6: From Suakin.] [Footnote 7: Now many.] [Footnote 8: If it is not desired to march through Italian territory from this point, the route mentioned in the previous report may be taken by marching up Khor Langeb to junction Khor Windi, and thence up the latter khor for about 20 miles until the eastern road is met.] [Footnote 9: The Sudan-Eritrea frontier here runs from a point on the Hafeira-Umbrega road, marked by a blazed heglig tree, straight to the bend of the Setit immediately opposite the mouth of the Khor Royan, which enters the Setit on the left bank about 11 miles above Umbrega.] CHAPTER IV. (EASTERN SUDAN.) * * * * * 14.—KHARTOUM NORTH TO KASSALA, _viâ_ GEILI, RERA EL SADDA, AND EL SOFEIYA, DIMIAT, ASUBRI. BY COLONEL HON. M. G. TALBOT (JANUARY, 1900) WITH ADDITIONS BY CAPTAINS BOULNOIS (MARCH, 1900) AND MORANT (JANUARY, 1901). _General Description._ [Sidenote: Road.] At this season (January) the going is good throughout, except for the few miles between Um Ukheita and Um Rueishid and the first 5 miles out of Rera eastwards, which portions of the track are very stony. From El Sadda to Asubri there is at present (1900) no track, so the going is not so good as in other parts, but there is no obstacle to camels. The gradients throughout are insignificant. A great portion of the route is over dark arable soil, which must be impassable when wet, so that in autumn this route must be difficult for camels for at any rate a day after heavy rain. There is plenty of shade up to El Ereigib; after that it is rarely found and is non-existent for considerable stretches. [Sidenote: Rivers.]