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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| | |Ground still falls gently, and a
| | |mile on a small khor is crossed;
| | |then ground ascends through small
| | |scattered soffar trees. At the
| | |143rd mile the houses of Gedaref
| | |are visible. Track passes several
| | |hamlets on either side, and
| | |through much cultivation and high
| | |aada grass, along S. side of J.
| | |Tiwawa.
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Gedaref | 6 | 146 |On top of a long gentle slope.
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22.—GEDAREF _viâ_ HAWATA TO ABU HARAZ.
BY MAJOR BULKELEY-JOHNSON, NOVEMBER, 1901.
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| Miles. |
Place. +-------------+------+ Description.
|Intermediate.|Total.|
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Gedaref | — | — |Road leaves Gedaref from behind
| | |the old barracks, and takes a S.W.
| | |direction for 6 miles. Scattered
| | |cultivation of every kind. A flat
| | |basin like that N. of Gedaref.
| | |
J. Wad Sennat | 4½ | 4½ |Small hill 100 feet high and 500
| | |yards long, running N.W. and S.E.,
| | |with small hella S. slope.
| | |
_Abu Nagar_ | 1½ | 6 |Tukl village. ½ mile right of
| | |road; one of Abu Nagar group of
| | |five villages.
| | |
| ½ | 6½ |Ditto on left of road.
| | |
| ½ | 7 |Well 30 feet deep; water always,
| | |but only 6 feet deep; watered 80
| | |horses in 30 minutes.
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