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
| | |Succession of small meshras and
| | |encampments.
| | |
| 4 | 151 |_Meshra_.
| | |
| 2 | 153 |_Meshra_.
| | |
| 1 | 154 |Cemetery; stony ground.
| | |
| 3 | 157 |Path debouches into open alluvial
| | |plain (short grass and tundub
| | |bushes) cutting off bend.
| | |
| 5 | 162 |Approach river, near which country
| | |is broken and stony. _Meshra bad_;
| | |no grass except a little abu rokba
| | |(slightly bitter taste when green,
| | |and of which some horses will not
| | |eat at first until accustomed).
| | |Flocks and cattle. Road from 148th
| | |mile close to river, over very
| | |rough, broken, stony ground, and
| | |at times thick bush. Several small
| | |meshras. Goz Regeb’s two hills
| | |visible for first time.
| | |
Saraf | 6 | 168 |Arab encampment; _meshra_.
| | |
_Goz Regeb_ | 12 | 180 |Meshra—1 mile short of it—under
| | |palms. Camp (bad), 2 miles further
| | |on, at ferry. Camel post opposite;
| | |grass, halfa.
| | |
| | |This road makes Goz Regeb 100
| | |miles from Adarama.
| | |
| | |From Goz Regeb the road proceeds
| | |at about 3 miles from river on a
| | |flat table land, as the ground
| | |between it and the river is rocky
| | |and broken by innumerable small
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