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
| | |well in valley at foot of hill.
| | |
| | |From Khor Farag Salem is seen
| | |Jebel Ada Abab, about 10 miles to
| | |the south-west. The track runs
| | |from this khor south-east, then
| | |south-west over rocky ground,
| | |skirting the Khor Baraka, of which
| | |the east bank is lined with hills.
| | |
Khor Langeb[8]| 5 | 51 |Five miles on track enters
| | |channel, and 100 yards further
| | |Khor Langeb[8] runs in from the
| | |west, about 25 yards wide, and
| | |described as similar to Khor
| | |Baraka. Directly afterwards the
| | |track leaves khor and proceeds for
| | |8 miles over stony ground on west
| | |bank, and then for 11 miles over
| | |alternate rocky and sandy plains,
| | |direction south, then re-enters
| | |khor and passes pool of dirty
| | |water, and after heavy going in
| | |the channel reaches two pools with
| | |any quantity of clear sweet water,
_Tebhateit_ | 23 | 74 |called Tebhateit.
| | |
| | |[Other accounts of the road from
| | |Khor Toshikh to Tebhateit are as
| | |follows:—
| | |
| 10 | 22 |At 10 miles from Temeren a large
| | |number of sandhills are reached,
| | |covered with a good deal of scrub
| | |and tamarisk trees. These
| | |sandhills proceed from the
| | |neighbourhood of the khor towards
| | |the Jebel Heina; they are not of
| | |any height, but would form
| | |admirable concealment for horse
| | |and foot men. After passing
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