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
| | |south, is Bir Salalat, two wells,
| | |partially revetted wood, water
| | |good, about 40 feet down. Supply
| | |limited, each well could, perhaps,
| | |supply 600 gallons, and would then
| | |require three hours to refill,
| | |more wells could easily be sunk.
| | |Good camp ground, fuel and
| | |grazing, and some fair-sized trees
| | |near wells. These wells cannot be
| | |relied on as permanent. In 1903
| | |they had been dry for 2 years.
| | |
| 3½ | 82½ |A slight rise brings track to
| | |level plateau of gravelly trap,
| | |smooth and firm, no vegetation,
| | |leading down to Khor Furd.
| | |
| 2½ | 85 |A very large patch cultivation
| | |dependent on rainfall, nothing
| | |could be grown this year.
| | |
| 5½ | 90½ |Across a neck, high irregular-
| | |shaped rocky hill few hundred
| | |yards to right, large black
| | |boulder to left. Quarter mile
| | |further is level, open, gravelly
| | |piece of ground, suitable for
| | |camp, with fuel and grazing, but
| | |no water. From here vegetation
| | |gradually ceases.
| | |
| 2 | 92½ |Cross neck of Iglaladat, outlying
| | |ridge with high mass of rock on
| | |left. From here hills close in and
| | |track along base of outlying spurs
| | |and ridges.
| | |
Khor Kokreb | 3½ | 96 |Agaba or pass leading to Khor
| | |Kokreb begins, a descent, a slight
| | |rise, then a steep and rocky, but
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