DONGOLA PROVINCE 23 cultivated; from Ambigol to Dongola one or the other bank is cultivated, but rarely both. In favorable years the district between Kareima and Ambigol may be compared with the Fayum rather than with any other part of Egypt south of Cairo. In the winter of 1913-14, however, the province was suffering from the effects of an unusually low Nile. In many places the river was flowing between banks that were absolutely barren except for the 34 4 A g36 econd Catarat dia H F -) o r Rol4 l h a r n (E8 d ) | s S 20 l-____ F rd Cataract Kerraa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Po-rt SuJian Donola (l jrdi)5-a Rh andakX f9ICareim; ourthCataract K a'k if~areim Inentog ei Gebe rkaIj [erowe.

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thorn bush; at other places the strip of cultivation varied in width from a few yards to a mile, seldom if ever within the limits of the province exceeding the latter width.

The main crops are durra, wheat, simsim, barley, and dates. In a favorable year three crops of cereals may be grown, two for example of the fastripening durra and one of the slower wheat or barley. The dates are both plentiful and excellent, forming the chief article of export. Some senna grows wild and is sent to Assuan or Kordofan. The people do not realize the possibilities of their land and probably never will until they are replaced by skilled industrious workmen such as the fellahin of Egypt.