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
| | |Burun country, but it was reported
| | |dry a few miles up (January,
| | |1903). It is probably the khor
| | |shown on some maps as “Ez Zamma,”
| | |a name which is not recognised by
| | |any inhabitants, 60 to 100 yards
| | |wide and 4 to 5 feet deep.
| | |
| | |Track now runs through jungle for
| | |3 miles.
| | |
Khor Adar | 7¾ | 45½ |Khor Adar is met here again,
| | |having, since fording Khor
| | |Niagweia, been on the R. at
| | |varying distances. Track now
| | |follows it. Country here is very
| | |uninteresting, no game and few
| | |trees, but the ever present long
| | |grass. Path meets the khor at
| | |
Raduk | ¼ | 45¾ |Width here 40 yards, depth 4 feet;
| | |track cuts across a bend and meets
| | |khor at
| | |
Gwatan | 3¼ | 49 |Cattle zeriba of Ni-el; people
| | |mostly wanted by the police, and
| | |who have retired to a safe
| | |distance. Khor close on L.
| | |
| 2¼ | 51¼ |Track crosses a khor that is dry
| | |100 yards up.
| | |
| | |Many elephant tracks on edge of
| | |khor, but made in the rains. From
| | |here a track exists through a
| | |country of unburnt elephant grass,
| | |the actual ground being well-nigh
| | |impassable, being ploughed up by
| | |elephants, and overgrown with a
| | |tangle of vegetation, through
| | |which nothing but fire or
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