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
| | |Bakr; small hills; clearing and
| | |cultivation.
| | |
| ½ | 78 |Ten tukls, ditto, ditto.
| | |
| | |Bush and grass alternately; thick
| | |bush, inland kittr and talh.
| | |
| 8 | 86 |Grass plain. Bend of river meeting
| | |it again at
| | |
_Wad Kerein_ | 5 | 91 |Fifty tukls belonging to Abu Sin,
| | |as does all the country up to
| | |hella Sherif El Hindi.
| | |
_Wad Mayim_ or| 2 | 93 |Same as Wad Kerein.
Wad Balula | | |
| | |
| 8 | 101 |Road crosses to left bank. Ford on
| | |Nov. 13th, about 3 feet deep; Nov.
| | |24th, 6 inches deep. There is no
| | |road on E. bank, only thick bush.
| | |From here open grass plain, bush
| | |inland, ½ mile off river bends
| | |from road.
| | |
| | |Between road and river a strip of
| | |country with big red sunt trees
| | |30-40 feet high and good grasses.
| | |The road now strikes khor—thickly
| | |wooded leading to lagoon running
| | |W. from river, which turns to
| | |S.W., road goes round it turning
| | |W. and afterwards S.
| | |
| 7 | 108 |Head of lagoon.
| | |
_Muttu_ | ½ | 108½ |Road branches to right of
| | |hella—Hawata (Arabs) 1½ miles
| | |off—300 yards from river in open
| | |bush.
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