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
BY CAPTAIN H. H. WILSON, JANUARY, 1903.
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| Miles. |
Place. +-------------+------+ Description.
|Intermediate.|Total.|
--------------+-------------+------+----------------------------------
Mouth of Khor | — | — |Khor at mouth is about 40 yards
Adar | | |wide and several feet deep, the
| | |depth being, from about 100 yards
| | |up-stream, uniformly 4 to 5 feet.
| | |Dinkas say there is a current in
| | |the rains.
| | |
| 1¼ | 1¼ |Cattle zeriba of Beia R.; bank;
| | |big Debba L.
| | |
| ¾ | 2 |Cross a small khor that runs in
| | |from N.
| | |
| 3¾ | 5¾ |Cattle zeriba on left bank. Khor
| | |bends off to the R., and is joined
| 1 | 6¾ |again at 6¾ miles, when track
| | |follows it. Cattle zeriba on L.
| | |bank ¾ mile away. Country is open
| | |grass plain, except close to mouth
| | |of khor where it is wooded, and a
| | |few patches of scrub here and
| | |there along the banks.
| | |
| 1 | 7¾ |Cattle zeriba Beia on R. bank.
| | |Khor bends off and is joined again
| 2 | 9¾ |at 9¾ miles, from where it makes a
| | |big bend southwards, and is not
| | |seen again till Rengachuk is
| | |passed.
| | |
| | |Going so far very bad over much
| | |cracked soil and few shade trees.
| | |
| | |Track now runs over a rank grass
| | |plain to the first Dinka village
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