Anddo Sudan 67 -Egyptian] ROADS AND TRACKS It is little used except by smugglers, and should not be attempted without guides.

Korosko to Abu Hamed, 240 miles across theDongola bend of the Nile. At Murat Wells this route is joined by the Halfa -Murat road ( 110 miles). Before the construction of the railway this was the main road between Egypt and the Sudan .

Korti to Metemma and Shendi , 176 miles, used by date caravans from Dongola .

Debba to Khartum, 210 miles , used by date caravans between Dongola and Omdurman .

Debba to El Obeid, 362 miles, connecting the Dongola province with Kordofan, also used mainly by date caravans.

Berber to Suakin , 241 miles , connecting the Nile valley with the Red Sea. As As a trade route this has been superseded by the railway.

Berber to Kassala, 246 miles, connecting the Nile valley with the Kassala province via Atbara .

Kassala to Khartum , 205 miles . This route has been improved to make it fit for motor and wheeled traffic.

Kassala to Tokar and Suakin , 297 miles, connecting Kassala with the Red Sea .

Kassala to Keren and Massawa (Eritrea ), 240 miles. Beyond Keren , 150 miles from Kassala , either the Italian railway or wheeled transport can be used. This is the main traderoute between the Italian colony of Eritrea and the Sudan .

Kassala to Gedaref, 130 miles . Gedaref to Gallabat, 94 miles . Gallabat to Lake Tsana via Chelga, 90 miles . The last three routes named are trade routes to Abyssinia . Gedaref is connected with the Blue Nile at Singa, 170 miles distant, and Gallabat is also con nected with the Blue Nile by 150 miles of road .

Renk to Roseires, 130 miles, connecting the White and Blue Niles .

Roseires to Dunkur ( Abyssinia ), 140 miles. The Abyssinian -Sudan frontier is crossed about half -way.

Gallabat to Dunkur, 80 miles .