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
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| 4½ | 176 |Track to _wells of Abu Goloda_
| | |runs north from here.
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| 3½ | 179½ |End of Khor Amate, and Batta range
| | |entered by fairly easy agaba,
| | |running east 1½ miles; then cross
| | |small stony khor, then another
| | |agaba through smaller hills, going
| | |bad.
| | |
_Hormareb | 3½ | 183 |Jebel Homugwer away in distance to
Well_ | | |right, ¾ mile off track to north
| | |in small khor same name, Bir
| | |Hormareb; one well, good water 25
| | |feet down; supply about 1,000
| | |gallons; requires some hours to
| | |refill. Several hods round well;
| | |good grazing and fuel, indifferent
| | |ground. _Another well_ reported,
| | |same description, 3 or 4 miles
| | |further up khor to north. From
| | |here bad going, over stony ridges
| | |and small khors.
| | |
Wadi Ma’areit | 3½ | 186½ |Large graveyard on right, and
| | |track turns sharp to left up Wadi
| | |Ma’areit, a broad level valley,
| | |running north and south; good
| | |going, and considerable
| | |cultivation after good rains. This
| | |year a few patches dura. North-
| | |west corner of valley thickly
| | |studded with trees, and was in old
| | |days a favourite summer resort of
| | |people from Suakin.
| | |
| 6½ | 193 |Hills close right in on either
| | |side, and the narrow wooded Khor
| | |Ashaf leads through hills 2 miles;
| | |track bends north-east, 1½ miles
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