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
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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
| | |baddish going, full of sunt or
| | |mimosa trees, and patches of
| ¾ | 68¾ |coarse grass. Three-quarters mile
| | |up khor is well, known as Bir
| | |Tamai by some, by others as simply
| | |Hareitri, a stone revetted well,
| | |giving good water about 12 feet
| | |down, rough wood huts on other
| | |side of well.
| | |
_Adel Aweb_[3]| 3¼ | 72 |Rain pools found all along edges
| | |of khor, and 3 miles from Tamai a
| | |very large deep pool, giving any
| | |quantity good water. Natives say
| | |pools all disappear in winter a
| | |few months after rain ceases, but
| | |wells could be sunk with success
| | |anywhere in khor. The big pool
| | |above called by natives Adel Aweb.
| | |Good grazing and fuel here,
| | |indifferent camp ground on account
| | |of stones. Rock grouse and doves
| | |in khor, which is about 5 miles
| | |long.
| | |
| 1 | 73 |Hareitri defile ends, and wide
| | |open plain called Wadi Tisartem is
| | |reached. Here dura is cultivated.
| | |
| 1½ | 74½ |A few huts on right, and some dura
| | |grown in good rain season, a good
| | |camp ground near here, fuel and
| | |grazing, but no water, though not
| | |impossible, might be found.
| | |
| 4 | 78½ |Track crosses low rough ridges for
| | |½ mile.
| | |
_Salalat | ½ | 79 |Khor Haab thick with fair-sized
(well)_ | | |trees, a sandy plain. Two and
| | |a-half miles off track, to left or
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