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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Meinom | 2¼ | 60½ |Cattle ferik, and village inland
| | |is visible.
| | |
| 1 | 61½ |Another large cattle ferik, also
| | |rest of Meinom village proper
| | |visible inland; track now runs
| 7 | 68½ |straight for 7 miles, passing
| | |feriks of Riang and Reir on the
| | |way to small khor; country thickly
| | |wooded on left of track, thinly on
| | |right.
| | |
_Fading_ | 3½ | 72 |Important scattered Nuer village
| | |in trees on right of khor; large
| | |pool of water, surrounded towards
| | |its northern end by ambach swamp,
| | |many and varied waterfowl; a track
| 1½ | 73½ |runs from here to large village of
| | |Falliu, distant 7 miles S.W. in
| | |forest; water fair at Fading;
| | |cattle ferik and pool, with ambach
| | |fringe round edge, water bad.
| | |
_Fatowel_ | 4 | 77½ |Three cattle feriks of this name
| | |on khor; several pools of stagnant
| | |water; track crosses open plain 1
| | |mile wide, and then for 7 miles
| | |runs through forest of Inderab,
| | |along bed of khor, crossing and
| | |re-crossing it, forest then thins
| | |out, and next 4 miles is over
| | |grass plain to
| | |
_Shit_ | 12½ | 90 |Large cattle feriks, village
| | |proper 2 miles away S.W. on left
| | |bank of khor; large pool of very
| | |foul stagnant water. No other
| | |water nearer than 3 miles fit to
| | |drink. Ambach swamp round water,
| | |waterfowl plentiful.
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