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
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
| | |graveyard; then across alternate
| | |khors and ridges; indifferent
| | |going.
| | |
Khor Arab | 7 | 161 |Thick with trees of all sorts, and
| | |considerable cultivation in good
| | |season. Two deep watercourses
| | |crossed soon after entering khor;
| | |3 miles on the track runs to north
| | |of khor, over stony ridges, with
| | |low stone hills on either hand.
| | |
Jebel Okwer | 7 | 168 |Jebel Okwer begins on left of
| | |khor, several small pyramid-shaped
| | |hills on right, and khor
| | |stretching away beyond them.
| | |
_Khor Amate | 3½ | 171½ |Over a low ridge, and Wadi Amate
Wells_ | | |begins; track running across large
| | |patch of old cultivation into a
| | |sandy khor; one well some 200
| | |yards to right, another ½ mile
| | |straight on. There is a third
| | |well, now closed. These wells,
| | |revetted wood, good water 12 feet
| | |down; supply practically
| | |unlimited; many hods. Good camp
| | |ground, fuel and grazing. A stone
| | |hut close to well, and place thick
| | |with sheep and goats, and some
| | |cattle.
| | |
| | |Track from here runs north-west,
| | |over small agaba into narrow khor
| | |thick with trees. Okwer range
| | |still on left; low hills on right
| | |3½ miles, and hills on right hand,
| | |and track again enters main Khor
| | |Amate. Batta range on far right
| | |and in front; ½ mile on Okwer
| | |range ends.
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