Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798Browne, William George
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Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798
Browne, William George
Egypt -- Description and travel; Sudan -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel
From Dongola to Mahas N. 1
_From Sennaar to Fazoglo._
From Sennaar to Dachala E. 3
From Dachala to Emsirié S.E. 1
From Emsirié to Louni S. 3
From Louni to Gerbîn S. 3
The people of Dachala are Mohammedans residing on the
western bank of the Bahr el asrek.—Gerbîn is a
mountainous place, which serves for confining
malefactors under the government of Sennaar.
_Mountainous_—From Gerbîn to Fazoglo S. 4
The mines of Fazoglo afford much gold: they belong to
Sennaar.
_From Gerbîn to Gondar._
From Fazoglo there is no direct road. Having returned
to Gerbîn,
From Gerbîn to Hassîb E. 2
From Hassîb to Beida E. ¼S. 2
Beida is the first town under the Abyssinian
government, and is described as chiefly inhabited by
fugitive slaves, who belong to persons within that
empire.
From Beida to Kourmi 3
From Kourmi to Hasseb-ullah 3
This road is mountainous, circuitous, and abounds with
springs of water. The civet cat is so common in this
district, that in every house, it is said, there are
fifteen or twenty tame ones.
From Hasseb-ullah to Gondâr E. 10
_Mountainous and difficult road._
_Sundry routes of the merchants of Sennaar._
From Sennaar to Gebel-el-Moié S.W. 1
From Gebel-el-Moié to Bahr-el-abiad W.S.W. 1½
From Sennaar to Bahhadîn S.S.W. 0½
From Bahhadîn to Menâjel S.W. 2
From Menâjel to the Bahr-el-abiad. W. 2
_Road to Gondar._
From Sennaar to Terfeia 0½
From Terfeia to Subî-deleib 0½
From Subî-deleib to Wallad Midani 0½
From Midani to the Bahr-el-asrek 0½
From the river to Mendala 2
From Mendala to Kaila 1
_Kaila is mountainous._
From Kaila to Embutteik 1
_Mountainous and deep sand._
From Embutteik to _Goze_, or the sands 2
From Goze to the Atbara 3
This country is inhabited by the Bisharîn Arabs, who
are Mohammedans.
From Atbara to Gebel Cussa 3
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