The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 2 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
History
The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History
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_Amiam_ | 10 | 107 |Meshra, by small khor; sandy bank,
| | |¼ mile broad; no inhabitants;
| | |going, sandy and bad.
| | |
_Taroma_ | 6 | 113 |Meshra. Bisharin tukl village;
| | |about 30 people; flocks;
| 4 | 117 |cultivation of dukhn on sandy
| | |banks. Meshra, good; dukhn on
| | |sandy banks. No signs of
| | |inhabitants.
| | |
| 11 | 128 |No meshra, but able to get down to
| | |river by group of doms; sandy
| | |banks, not much grass (halfa).
| | |Road goes away from river to cut
| | |off bend.
| | |
| 5½ | 133½ |Road divides: right hand to Goz
| | |Regeb direct, left keeping near
| | |river. Followed left; going
| | |becomes worse, with small khors
| | |when near river.
| | |
Auli | 2½ | 136 |Arab encampment. Meshra.
| | |
| 6 | 142 |Very _good meshra_; open space on
| | |bank. Fine view of river part of
| | |Auli. No grass.
| | |
| 2 | 144 |_Meshra_. Arab encampment; dukhn,
| | |plenty of halfa grass. End of
| | |Bisharin tribe.
| | |
| 3 | 147 |Arab encampment. Arteiga branch of
| | |Hadendioa. Great quantities of
| | |sheep, cattle and camels.
| | |
| | |G. Tukwe on west, J. Ofreik on
| | |east, just visible from here.
| | |
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