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
| | |Just beyond this there are some
| | |old disused wells in the channel
Lower | 7 | 23 |that were known as Lower
Debetawateb | | |Debetawateb. After this, the khor
| | |opens out to about 800 yards wide,
| | |sand dunes and scrub everywhere,
| | |track winds round almost due west,
_Upper | 3½ | 26½ |and reaches Upper Debetawateb,
Debetawateb_ | | |where there are two wells, plenty
| | |of good water, close to surface.
| | |Track leaves channel here and runs
| | |½ mile through thick jungle on to
| | |east bank, and then winds round
| | |south over sandy plain. Five miles
| | |on, guide pointed due west to
| | |
_Odwan_ | 5 | 31½ |Odwan, lying in the khor, one
| | |well. Eight miles on, hills of
| | |Shaba and Heina run down to banks
| | |of channel, track leads east of
| | |some low hills, and khor is seen
| | |winding west a good deal.
| | |
Tefadi | 5 | 36½ |Some large sand hills in khor,
| | |guide said this was Tefadi. No
| | |well, but water easily got by
| | |digging. Track now leads over bad
| | |ground broken up by watercourses,
| | |sand dunes, &c., and re-enters
| | |channel 4 miles on, then leaves it
| | |and runs on to west bank, winding
| | |gradually south-west into Khor
Laiameib | 6½ | 43 |Farag Salem. (Laiameib.)
| | |
_Farag Saleib_| 3 | 46 |Here there are 12 or more pools of
| | |water, rather salt. This khor runs
| | |south-east into Khor Baraka, and
| | |where it meets it, there is a
| | |small stone enclosure on a hill
| | |held by Arabs under Sheikh Abu
| | |Fatma, called Langeb. There is one
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