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NOETH-EAST AFRICA. 



Wod-Medineh — Kamlin. 



Wod-Medineh, or Wo Id- Me dine h , which after Senâr became the capital of the 

 Egyptian provinces, was also a town densely populated in its double capacity as a 

 garrison and trade centre. It is conveniently situated, standing nearly at the 

 junction of the north-western Abyssinian rivers with the Bahr-el-Azraq, whilst 



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close above it is the mouth of the Dender, swollen by the waters of the Khor 

 Mahara and the Khor El-Atshan; still nearer, but below the town, is the con- 

 fluence of the Rahad, like the Dender navigable for eighty days in the year. The 

 village, situated at the very mouth in the " Isle of Isles " ( Jezirat el-Jeziret), has 

 taken the name of Abu-Ahraz, or " Father of the Acacias," a term which is also 

 frequently given to the river Rahad itself, the Shimfah of the Abyssinians. 



At some distance from the river, near the ruins of the village of Arhaji, 



