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
| | |camels. Arabs are restarting
| | |breeding camels in the vicinity of
| | |this khor; one drove of nearly 300
| | |young camels were seen. One day
| | |S.W. up this khor, Khor Odeib is
| | |said to enter it; all the khors
| | |already enumerated, from Khor
| | |Areideb to Hedaweb inclusive, run
| | |into Khor Odeib. Half a day to the
| | |E. Khor Windi joins it.
| | |
_Bir | 1½ | 193½ |One and a quarter miles up this
Tamashnauer_ | | |khor is the well; 25 feet deep, 3
| | |feet diameter; water plentiful,
| | |but very smelly and brackish.
| | |Arabs state that at present there
| | |are no wells open further up the
| | |khor; lower down are more wells
| | |and a few pools.
| | |
| | |Returning ¾ mile down the khor, a
| | |direction N. by E. is taken;
| | |several small tributary khors are
| | |crossed, and then ground ascends
| | |gently and becomes stony.
| | |
| | |The next 45 miles is known as the
| | |Wadi Ossir. J. Adarabab and Shaba
| | |on the E., and a series of ranges
| | |of hills on the W. form the sides,
| | |8 to 10 miles apart. These hills
| | |form a funnel through which the
| | |wind blows steadily during the
| | |winter months; sand storms very
| | |frequent.
| | |
J. Karamriba | 4½ | 198 |Two black stony hills, 200 feet
| | |high; ½ mile to W.
| | |
Eilogwa | 3 | 201 |In the hills to the E., 3 to 4
| | |miles from the track, are said to
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