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
| | |left in well. Good rakuba. Sheikh
| | |describes this as half-way between
| | |Rahad and Gallabat. Track winds to
| | |S.W. and going becomes very bad
| | |again. Cotton soil, which gives
| | |under camels as they go along.
| | |Track very indistinct in places.
| | |
Domajura | 9 | 35 |Road winds between 2 stony low
| | |hills of this name. On W. side a
| | |well dug in the rock said to have
| | |been made by Sheik Saleh Bey,
| | |formerly of Gallabat. No water
| | |now, and a bad smell emanates from
| | |it.
| | |
Hag Bakhit | 3 | 38 |Track passes over low rocky column
| | |of this name. One mile N.W. is
| | |ruined Deim of brother of Saleh
| | |Bey. It lies on top of hill named
| | |Zurga.
| | |
_Meshra Sirri_| 9 | 47 |Track gradually descends to River
or Abid (?) | | |Rahad passing a few stony
| | |hillocks. Bad going, over cotton
| | |soil all the way. Meshra 2 miles
| | |N. of steep rocky hill Jebel
| | |Surur.
| | |
| | |Good camping ground in zeriba. A
| | |certain number of nomad
| | |inhabitants who come down to fish
| | |appear to make this a halting
| | |place. Water clear, good, and pool
| | |deep. Swarms with fish and
| | |crocodile, and from tracks appear
| | |to be favourite watering place of
| | |much game, including elephant and
| | |lion.
| | |
| | |From Babikr there cannot be said
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