The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi
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
| | |occupied by a detachment, for
| | |collecting taxes. Good camp
| | |ground, fuel and grazing, pigeons
| | |and sand grouse; no gazelle. Wells
| | |of Abd El Haabit lie some 7 or 8
| | |miles to north, and Jebel Wowitte,
| | |about 8 miles to north-east; Jebel
| | |Lagagaweb, the halfway rock on
| | |north road, is seen some 6 miles
| | |to north of west from here.
| | |
| | |Khor now gradually gets bare and
| | |intersected by strips of stone.
| | |
| 4 | 140 |Cross a ridge and Khor Lasheb,
| | |going indifferent, cut up by small
| | |watercourses over a ridge.
| | |
_Wadi Habub_ | 3 | 143 |Wadi Habub. Going still
| | |indifferent, across many ridges
| | |running into khor, 5½ miles on;
| | |track runs along edge of hills,
| | |and then enters the Komotitai
| | |hills by very stony and difficult
| | |agaba or pass, about 1½ miles
| | |long, then into sandy khor, full
| | |of vegetation of sorts. 2 miles up
| | |this khor to the
| | |
_Kamotitai | 11 | 154 |Wells of same name, _i.e._,
Wells_ | | |Kamotitai, three wells, revetted
| | |stone, good water 25 feet down
| | |unlimited supply. Many other wells
| | |in this khor now closed up; much
| | |used by Arabs, and at each well
| | |numerous hods. Good camp ground,
| | |fuel, and grazing; sand grouse and
| | |pigeons in abundance.
| | |
| | |A short way past wells, track
| | |bends to left past large
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