| Place. | Intermediate. | Total from Khartoum. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles. | Kilometres. | Miles. | Kilometres. | |
| Khartoum (Palace) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soba | 14 | 22½ | 14 | 22½ |
| Eilafun | 4 | 6½ | 18 | 29 |
| El Masid | 20 | 32 | 38 | 61 |
| Kamlin | 23 | 37 | 61 | 98 |
| Rufaa | 33½ | 53 | 94½ | 151 |
| Abu Haraz | 23 | 37 | 117½ | 188½ |
| Mouth of Rahad | 5 | 8 | 122½ | 197 |
| Wad Medani | ½ | 1 | 123 | 198 |
| Mouth of Dinder | 40 | 64 | 163 | 262 |
| Wad El Abbas | 30 | 48 | 193 | 310½ |
| Sennar | 20 | 32 | 213 | 342½ |
| Senga | 53 | 85 | 266 | 428 |
| Karkoj | 21 | 34 | 287 | 462 |
| Abu Naama | 22 | 35½ | 309 | 497½ |
| Roseires | 73 | 117½ | 382 | 615 |
| Famaka | 52 | 83½ | 434 | 698½ |
[63]Vide [p. 98.] t Total rainfall, January—October, 1904, 23·1 inches.
[64]This description refers to the state of Gedaref up to the end of 1899. Conditions have now improved.
[65]For description of country east of Atbara, vide [pp. 99-101.]
[66]The Takruris speak of the Abyssinians as “Makada”—this is a name generally used for them throughout the Sudan and means “slaves.” The Abyssinians naturally resent the appellation and have complained officially about it. They retaliate by calling the Takruris, who originally came from Darfur, “Far,” i.e. Rats, the real name of people of Darfur being, of course, For.
[67]Total rainfall, January to October, 1904, 34·6 inches.
[68]Vide also [p. 19,] and [ “Itinerary of the Blue Nile,”] Vol. II.; also Sir W. Garstin’s “Report on the Basin of the Upper Nile,” Foreign Office Blue Book, Egypt No. 2, 1904
[69]Its course through the lake is said to be plainly discernible.
[70]Vide Foreign Office Blue Book, Egypt No. 2, 1904.