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
Kwé | 4½ | 356 |A Dinka Farikh.
| | |
Alumbul | ½ | 356½ |Sheikh Ajak’s village. The country
| | |round is fairly open, scattered
| | |kitr and naal grass. Both these
| | |villages are under the control of
| | |Sheikh Salem Banga of El Wat.
| | |
_Meshra | 1½ | 358 |The meshra extends for about 2
Zeraf_ | | |miles; the road skirts the river
| | |and crosses a wide, shallow khor
Farlegh | 2 | 360 |called a Farlegh or Rigl by the
Meshra | | |Arabs. It is said to come from
Zeraf or | | |near Aturuk.
Makwé | | |
| | |
_Rom | 3 | 363 |Dinka villages named Rom under
(Dinka)_ or| | |Sheikh Jok. The district is known
_Um Gursan_| | |by the Arabs as Um Gursan, the
| | |track from Renk to this point is
| | |as a rule excellent, but from here
| | |to Kaka it is generally bad,
| | |passing over very hard caked and
| | |badly cracked cotton soil.
| | |
| 2 | 365 |Fine kuk and other trees are
| | |passed. The small black fly was
| | |exceptionally bad here in the
| | |early morning and attacked the
| | |camels in swarms.
| | |
Tereiti | 4 | 369 |The district of Tereiti begins.
| | |Ardeib El Miriam (Arab) is the
| | |district on opposite bank.
| | |
_Meshra | 3 | 372 |Meshra Rom or Tereiti.
Rom_ or | | |
_Tereiti_ | | |
| | |
Dinka | 3 | 375 |Villages belonging to Adeir
villages, | | |Dinkas. River about 1 mile E. of
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