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Bearing. 
From Gebel-el-Helle to Gebel-el-Sillah -n 
From Gebel-el-Sillah to Gebel-el-beit > S. W. 
From Gebel-el-Beit to Birbir - ^ 
All this road from Swakem to Birbir is repre- 
fented as rocky. — Birbir is fituated in a clayey foil. 
From Birbir to WuUad-el-Megedub - ■\ 
From Wullad-el-Megedub to Biftiarie - > S. 
From Bifharie to Shukurie - - ^ 
Bifharie are a foreign race, but Shukurie fpeak 
Arabic as their native language. 
Arabs — From Shukurie to Hellalie - 4 
From Hellalie to Bahr-el-afrek - - i 
From Bahr-el-afrek to Em-ufhar - i 
From Em-ulhar to Wullad-el-furuk - i 
From Wullad-el-furuk to Hummur - 2 
Clayey foil. 
Mohammedans — From Hummur to Senut-abud 2 
From Ibeit to Emdurmdn and Halfeia, and return to 
Ibeit by another road. 
From Ibeit to Bahra - - E. \~ 
From Bahra to Emganatu - - N. E. 2 
From Emganatu to Shegeik - - N. E. 1 
From Shegeik to Gimmoye - - N. 2 
From Gimmoye to Emdurman - N. 2 
All this country is inhabited by Mohammedans, 
who fpeak Arabic alone. — Gimmoye and Emdur- 
man are both on the W. bank of the Bahr-el-abiad, 
3 N 2 and 
