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
| | |
Khor Alifeyeit| 4 | 264 |Two hundred yards broad, 10 feet
| | |banks, sandy bed. Ground now
| | |becomes sandy, and trees thicker;
| | |samr, araag, heglig, labakh and
| | |tundub trees. Gow grass during and
| | |after rains; good sheep grazing
| | |ground.
| | |
Khors Sedayat,| 5 | 269 |These four khors are all crossed
Ashat, Erim, | | |in 1½ miles; no defined tracks;
and Shadat | | |trees and bush in bed and
| | |alongside the khors. A few miles
| 1½ | 270½ |eastwards these khors open out
| | |into the plain. For the next 3½
| | |miles ground is stony.
| | |
Khor Issi or | 1½ | 272 |Fifty yards broad, 2 feet banks.
Issei | | |
| | |
Khor Sarobai | 2 | 274 |No defined tracks; sandy; trees
| | |and bush.
| | |
Khor Wintri | 4¼ | 278¼ |A point of crossing; this khor has
| | |commenced to divide up into
| | |branches.
| | |
| | |Four miles on J. Gumberit is
| | |passed 1 mile to the W. Country
| | |more open; eastward a clear view
| | |down to the sea.
| | |
Khor Gwob | 10¾ | 289 |One hundred to two hundred broad,
| | |shallow, no defined banks. Ground
| | |descends gently, and on reaching
| | |the ridge, ¾ mile distant, the
| | |town of Suakin comes in sight.
| | |Trees become fewer and bushes
Suakin | 8 | 297 |lower.
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9.—TOKAR TO KASSALA, _viâ_ KHOR BARAKA.
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