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
| | |troops in reign of Said Pasha.
| | |
| ¾ | 15⅝ |Cattle zeriba of Kwach, part of
| | |Gi-el. Lake filled with weeds and
| | |ambach.
| | |
_Birket Rau_ | 1 | 16⅝ |Another cattle zeriba of Kwach,
| | |and just up stream a large open
| | |lake or swamp, filled up with
| | |weeds, &c. Quantities of wildfowl
| | |and snipe; also lion, giraffe and
| | |antelope, all of which were seen.
| | |
| | |From here a track runs inland to
| | |the Dinka villages, and a track
| | |exists up the khor, the ultimate
| | |destination of which it is
| | |impossible to judge from native
| | |reports. Track inland very bad,
| | |cracked cotton soil, and long,
| | |rank, unburnt grass, which, bent
| | |down by the strong north wind,
| | |presents all its spikes at the
| | |face of anyone marching
| | |northwards.
| | |
Awitong | 6 | 22⅝ |Built on a mound which is
| | |surrounded by water in flood
| | |years. Country wooded, small
| | |trees.
| | |
| 3 | 25⅝ |Very fine dura cultivation
| | |extending for miles. Large white
| | |dura; one “head” which was counted
| | |contained 2,600 grains.
| | |
Dry lake | ¾ | 26⅜ |Extends some miles and track winds
| | |along it. Many fruit-bearing sidr
| | |trees in bed of it.
| | |
_Water hole_ | 1 | 27⅜ |Situated in thick forest; Dinkas
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