The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
History
The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History
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| | |A track leads from Warrak to
| | |Berti, across rocky and broken
| | |ground; but it is not much
| | |shorter than that generally
| | |followed.
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Gamra | 2 | 42 |The road skirts the river
| | |through considerable
| | |cultivation, mostly dukhn. At
| | |Gamra, which is opposite the
| | |upper end of Kandi Island,
| | |there are several native huts,
| | |and good camping grounds can
| | |everywhere be found.
| | |
| | |The river between Warrak and
| | |Gamra is not difficult; but
| | |there is a very swift current,
| | |and tracking is necessary at
| | |certain points from the left
| | |bank.
| | |
| | |One mile beyond Gamra the road
| | |leaves the river to avoid the
| | |rocky kopjes which command the
| | |foot and mark the commencement
| | |of the Rahami Cataract. It
| | |strikes the river again 2 miles
| | |below Berti. It is very rocky,
| | |and much cut up by deep khors
| | |and ravines.
| | |
| | |A broad, sandy khor leaves the
| | |river 1½ miles above Gamra, and
| | |runs away to the east until
| | |lost in the desert.
| | |
| | |By following this khor until it
| | |strikes the Kulgeili-Berti
| | |road, the mountains and rocky
| | |country overlooking Berti can
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