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
| | |_Water available_, banks of khor
| | |thickly wooded with thorn bush; a
| | |few good trees.
| | |
| 7 | 28 |Small ferik, or cattle village, in
| | |dry season. These feriks are all
| | |same type, dome-shaped grass
| | |tukls, with open spaces with pegs
| | |for picketing cattle, &c. Some
| | |have zeribas.
| | |
_Gekrek_ | 3 | 31 |Name of locality; good camping
| | |ground on left of khor, which is
| | |easily crossed in dry season; 2
| | |feet of water covered with matted
| | |weeds, water fair; ground
| | |gradually becoming more wooded;
| | |heglig and gemmeiza.
| | |
Adodit | 2¼ | 33¼ |Name of locality; khor twists
| | |about considerably; track cuts
| | |across a corner here, and joins
| | |khor again after 2 miles, and
| | |continues to
| | |
Biar | 6½ | 39¾ |Name of locality; country between
| | |M’Yolga and Nerol uninhabited,
| | |being a “no man’s land” between
| | |Dinkas and Nuers; men of one tribe
| | |crossing to territory of other
| | |tribe do not return as a rule.
| | |
| 4 | 43¾ |Small khor, merely draining few
| | |miles of lowlying land in rains.
| | |
_Fan Yanglwel_| 2¼ | 46 |Name of locality; thickly wooded,
| | |with high knolls, good camping
| | |ground, water muddy. From here run
| | |two tracks; one to Nerol, along
| | |the khor; a second across country
| | |to Riul. Latter track crosses khor
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