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
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| Miles. |
Place. +-------------+------+ Description.
|Intermediate.|Total.|
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J. Jerok | — | — |Site of Military Post. From here
| | |route to J. Maiak is that taken by
J. Maiak | 19 | 19 |the Wad Mahmud expedition in
| | |February, 1904. _Water in pools in
| | |Khor Ahmar_ 1½ miles before
| | |reaching this hill.
| | |
_J. Eri_ | 11 | 30 |Pond of rain-water, very
| | |uncertain, about 1½ miles from the
| | |hill.
| | |
_Villages of | 9 | 39 |About 7 miles from Eri, a khor
Gum Gum | | |with rain-water (May) is crossed,
people_ | | |and further on, the villages of
| | |Gum Gum people are reached. They
| | |drink from pools to the east of
| | |Khor Gemmeiza and, at certain
| | |seasons, from rain pools about 1
| | |mile W. of villages.
| | |
_K. Gemmeiza_ | 8 | 47 |Water in pool in khor. A rain pool
| | |is passed about 4 miles further
_Kilwega_ | 7 | 54 |on, and the villages of Burun from
| | |Gum Gum, called Kilwega, are
| | |reached.
| | |
| | |K. Gemmeiza now runs, in a very
| | |winding bed, a mile or two to the
| | |south of and parallel to the
| | |track. A path has been cut to a
| | |watering place in the khor, called
_Sami_ (K. | 10 | 64 |Sami. Past old burnt village of
Gemmeiza) | | |Kurara Buruns, who now occupy
| | |village on new road-cultivation
| | |here, and water used by people
| | |from J. Ulu in dry season. Khor
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