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
| | |water is particularly scarce, and
| | |is obtained from several 15 to 20
| | |feet wells under the jebel 1 mile
| | |south of the village. In the hot
| | |weather the inhabitants (probably
| | |2,000) disperse or else carry
| | |their water from Segadi. The
| | |Omda’s name is El Imam Hadibai,
| | |and the majority of the population
| | |are Amarna, a few Hameg and
| | |Gowama. There are caves called
| | |“maiuba” in the jebel close to the
| | |village, said to be used for
| | |“fogara.” From the summit of the
| | |jebel, J. Dali is plainly visible
| | |on a favourable day, bearing 177½°
| | |magnetic. There is little shade
| | |here.
| | |
Road to Teigo | 3 | 176½ |After hugging the eastern end of
| | |J. Moya, the road to Gule turns
| | |nearly due south, the road to
| | |Teigo branching off S.S.E., and
| | |after traversing a bad belt of
| | |kittr bush about ½ mile in width,
| | |the road crosses a plain at first
| | |studded with kurmet, but later
| | |without bush at all.
| | |
| 4 | 180½ |Road here bifurcates, the left
| | |hand track leading to the river
| | |(Blue Nile).
| | |
| 5 | 185½ |The road from Seneij or Senga to
| | |Goz Abu Guma _viâ_ J. Dud crosses
| | |the track.
| | |
J. Sereig | 10 | 195½ |A small granite hill about 200
| | |feet high, the road passes it 100
| | |yards on the right hand.
| | |
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