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
| | |rising; intersected by small khors
| | |running from hills to the east.
| | |
Khor Omli | 12 | 144 |No defined banks; its course
| | |marked by the trees.
| | |
_Khor | 4 | 148 |Also called Khor Kubri. One well
Yaskalab_ | | |here 45 feet deep, 3 feet
| | |diameter; water good, but supply
| | |uncertain; it is generally dry at
| | |this time of the year.
| | |
Khor Hedaweb | 5 | 153 |Similar to Khor Gambeleib. One and
| | |half miles down the khor is Bir
_Bir Hadaueb_ | 1 | 154 |Hedaweb. One well 9 feet deep, 3
| | |feet 6 inches diameter; water good
| | |and plentiful; there is said to be
| | |a better well 1 to 2 miles further
| | |down the khor.
| | |
| | |On the south side of the khor,
| | |close to the well, are the remains
| | |of the old telegraph line
| | |maintenance post.
| | |
| | |Returning up the khor ½ mile, a
| | |branch khor coming in from the N.
| | |is followed up past a large
| | |graveyard. At the 156th mile this
| | |khor is left, and the neck between
| | |two rocky hills is crossed. Going
| | |very bad; rough and stony.
| | |
Khor Belag | 6½ | 160½ |Two hundred yards broad, 2 feet
| | |banks. Excellent grazing for
| | |camels in this khor. For 7 miles
| | |its downward course is followed.
| | |Arabs say that it flows into Khor
| | |Windi, but at 167½ miles the khor
| | |appears dammed up with sand dunes
| | |8 to 10 feet high, and its level
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