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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat

Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History

|             |       |                               
                |             |       |After passing Tuari Cataract   
                |             |       |the cultivation increases still
                |             |       |more, and sagias and groups of 
                |             |       |date palms occur at frequent   
                |             |       |intervals along the bank. The  
                |             |       |fertile and densely populated  
                |             |       |Island of Sherri succeeds that 
                |             |       |of Sherrari.                   
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The track continues along the  
                |             |       |bank of the river, deviating   
                |             |       |occasionally to avoid clusters 
                |             |       |of rocks on a khor, until      
                |             |       |Salamat, opposite the upper end
                |             |       |of Sherri Island, is reached.  
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |It is at this point that the   
                |             |       |cataract of Um Deras is placed 
                |             |       |on the official maps, but no   
                |             |       |impediment to navigation       
                |             |       |exists.                        
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Salamat, the principal village 
                |             |       |in the Monasir country, is a   
                |             |       |long straggling village of     
                |             |       |fairly-built mud huts, the     
                |             |       |principal of which belong to   
                |             |       |Suleiman Wad Gamr and his      
                |             |       |uncles, Omar and Abu Bakr. The 
                |             |       |country is very rich and there 
                |             |       |are several large groups of    
                |             |       |palm trees.                    
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The desert comes down to the   
                |             |       |bank of the river on the right 
                |             |       |bank, just above Salamat.      
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The track, after leaving       
                |             |       |Salamat, follows the bank of   
                |             |       |the river until Jebel Osma is  
                |             |       |reached, 3 miles

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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

|             |       |                               
                |             |       |After passing Tuari Cataract   
                |             |       |the cultivation increases still
                |             |       |more, and sagias and groups of 
                |             |       |date palms occur at frequent   
                |             |       |intervals along the bank. The  
                |             |       |fertile and densely populated  
                |             |       |Island of Sherri succeeds that 
                |             |       |of Sherrari.                   
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The track continues along the  
                |             |       |bank of the river, deviating   
                |             |       |occasionally to avoid clusters 
                |             |       |of rocks on a khor, until      
                |             |       |Salamat, opposite the upper end
                |             |       |of Sherri Island, is reached.  
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |It is at this point that the   
                |             |       |cataract of Um Deras is placed 
                |             |       |on the official maps, but no   
                |             |       |impediment to navigation       
                |             |       |exists.                        
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |Salamat, the principal village 
                |             |       |in the Monasir country, is a   
                |             |       |long straggling village of     
                |             |       |fairly-built mud huts, the     
                |             |       |principal of which belong to   
                |             |       |Suleiman Wad Gamr and his      
                |             |       |uncles, Omar and Abu Bakr. The 
                |             |       |country is very rich and there 
                |             |       |are several large groups of    
                |             |       |palm trees.                    
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The desert comes down to the   
                |             |       |bank of the river on the right 
                |             |       |bank, just above Salamat.      
                |             |       |                               
                |             |       |The track, after leaving       
                |             |       |Salamat, follows the bank of   
                |             |       |the river until Jebel Osma is  
                |             |       |reached, 3 miles

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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