The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi
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
| 1½ | 59 | 4½ | 155½ |Top of Mashushenai just
| | | | |visible, a few selem and a
| | | | |good many samr trees.
| | | | |
| | | | |Track keeps down wadi,
| | | | |cutting off one or two
| | | | |corners, stony, but not very
| | | | |bad going. The bed gets
| | | | |narrower and low cliffs more
| | | | |perpendicular till wells are
| | | | |reached at a place where a
| | | | |projecting cliff appears to
| | | | |bar the passage. Just before
| | | | |reaching it some tombs are
_Wells_ | 1½ | 60½ | 4 | 159½ |passed.
| | | | |
| | | | |There are two wells or water
| | | | |holes about 5 feet in
| | | | |diameter, surface of water 6
| | | | |feet below bed of wadi. Lots
| | | | |of good water.
| | | | |
| | | | |The track continues,
| | | | |original direction, for
| | | | |about ½ mile and then turns
| | | | |E., and a mile further on
| | | | |meets the Wadi Elei coming
| | | | |from the S.E. The united
| | | | |wadi now flows a little E.
| | | | |of N., the hills diminish
| | | | |and the valley increases in
| | | | |width and the vegetation
| | | | |decreases. After 2 miles the
| | | | |track turns off to right, up
| | | | |what was a good track a year
| | | | |or so ago, but is now barred
| | | | |by waves of sand. After some
| | | | |three miles, most part of
| | | | |which is very heavy going,
| | | | |the track descends into the
| | | | |broad and ill defined bed of
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