[14]This report is on the old route. The new route at times follows the old one and at times the telegraph line, but the watering places are the same on both routes.
[15]On the 28th March, 1902, there were only a few inches of water in the well, and it took an hour to water 13 camels, using 2 girbas.—(Bonham-Carter).
[16]Uninhabited in March, 1902 (Bonham-Carter).
[17]Some of the names in this report will probably be unknown to many guides.
[18]Mafasa has rapidly developed, and now (1904) is about to be made the Head-Quarters of a District.
[19]Rest houses on left bank between Regeiba and Roseires are at M. Gurra, Moya Ahmar, Abkok, and El Disa; on right bank, between El Gereif and Roseires, at Magangani.
CHAPTER V.
(CENTRAL SUDAN.)