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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[Sidenote: Grazing.]
Plenty for camels, &c., all along the route.
[Sidenote: Water.]
Anywhere for the digging, except between Khor Lokweb and Khor Ali
Gebrat, 28 miles, and between the latter and Kassala, 18 miles.
[Sidenote: Camping ground.]
Good anywhere along the route.
[Sidenote: Wood.]
Plenty for fuel and for making rough shelters.
[Sidenote: Going.]
On the whole excellent for camels, horses, &c. Convoys should not
take more than 14 days to do the journey from Suakin.
Parties without heavy baggage should do it easily in 9 days.
N.B.—As the major portion of this route leads through Italian
territory, it is not now generally used south of Khor Langeb (_vide_
note to Khor Langeb, 51st mile).
--------------+--------------------+----------------------------------
| Miles. |
Place. +-------------+------+ Description.
|Intermediate.|Total.|
--------------+-------------+------+----------------------------------
Tokar | — | — |Leaving Tokar, the track runs a
| | |little west of south across the
| | |plains, leaving the Khor Baraka
| | |channel to the west.
| | |
| 10 | 10 |Traversing a broken tract, covered
| | |with eminences strewn with sand,
| | |enter the Khor Baraka. Vegetation
| | |on much larger scale; tall
| | |tamarisk trees. Channel 50 yards
| | |broad; hard sand; excellent going;
| | |banks 10 to 12 feet high, and
| | |thickly wooded.
| | |
| | |There are more routes than one;
| | |sometimes along the channel, or on
| | |either bank, according to season
| | |or circumstances. Broadly, the
| | |Beni Amer inhabit the eastern
| | |bank, and the Hadendoa the
| | |western.
| | |
_Temeren_ | 2 | 12 |(Tamenrê = 10 wells.) The wells
| | |here, two in number, are situated
| | |in the bed of the Khor Baraka,
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