The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 2 (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. 2 (of 2)
Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History
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_El Fereikh_ | 5 | 52 |Thirty tukls; inhabited all the
| | |year road; now water from holes
| | |dry in March, 1902.
| | |
_J. Arid_ | 5 | 57 |Four water holes 6 inches deep,
| | |nearly empty on arrival; when
| | |opened up to 9 inches gave 3 feet
| | |muddy water. Nov. 17th watered 80
| | |horses three times; dry in March,
| | |1902.
| | |
J. Gerein | — | — |Water nearly finished; 30 tukls
| | |inhabited all year round.[16]
| | |Later on get water from Rahad,
| | |which is here about 60 yards wide
| | |and water 4 feet deep in Nov.
| | |Banks steep.
| | |
_Hawata_ | 18 | 75 |Very good camp. Fairly large
| | |village here.
| | |
| | |Road follows the river, never more
| | |than 2 miles from it, cutting off
| | |small bends. Single track; good
| | |through long grass; bad for guns
| | |as wheels or teams are going
| | |through the grass. River
| | |approachable everywhere, and
| | |watering possible at all times of
| | |year.
| | |
| | |Camps exceedingly good under shade
| | |of sunt trees 30-40 feet high.
| | |Grasses in abundance and good,
| | |neghil, abu rokba and abu arid.
| | |
| | |From Hawata track proceeds along
| | |right bank and enters bush.
| | |
_Wad Keriam_ | 2½ | 77½ |Part of Hawata belonging to Abu
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