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 Gebel Cussa to Gebel en Narr 3
From Gebel en Narr to Gondar 12
_A Route which seems to be uncertain, and of which the bearings are
not accurately given._
From the Goze or sands of the Atbara,
abovementioned, to El-Edd belonging to the
Bijjé 3
From El-Edd to Swakem N.E. 12
This road is filled with Arabs.
From Swakem to Gebel-el-Hellé W. 3
From Gebel-el-Hellé to Gebel-el-Sillah } { 2
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From Gebel-el-Sillah to Gebel-el-beit } S.W. { 2
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From Gebel-el-Beit to Birbîr } { 6
All this road from Swakem to Birbîr is represented as
rocky.—Birbir is situated in a clayey soil.
From Birbîr to Wullad-el-Megedûb } { 2
} {
From Wullad-el-Megedûb to Bisharié } S. { 2
} {
From Bisharié to Shûkûrié } { 3
Bisharié are a foreign race, but Shûkûrié speak Arabic
as their native language.
_Arabs_—From Shûkûrié to Hellalié 4
From Hellalié to Bahr-el-asrek 1
From Bahr-el-asrek to Em-ushar 1
From Em-ushar to Wullad-el-fûrûk 1
From Wullad-el-fûrûk to Hummûr 2
_Clayey soil._
_Mohammedans_—From Hûmmûr to Senût-abûd 2
_From Ibeit to Emdurmân and Halfeia, and return to Ibeit by
another road._
From Ibeit to Bahra E. 1½
From Bahra to Emganatû N.E. 2
From Emganatû to Shegeik N.E. 1
From Shegeik to Gimmoyé N. 2
From Gimmoyé to Emdurmân N. 2
All this country is inhabited by Mohammedans, who
speak Arabic alone.—Gimmoyé and Emdurmân are both on
the W. bank of the Bahr-el-abiad, and the latter is at
the place of union between that river and the
Abawi.—Returning W.
From Emdurmân to Harraza, a mountain of difficult
passage S.W. 3
_Road desert and destitute of water._
The inhabitants of Harraza are idolaters, of mixed
complexion, but most of them of a reddish hue.—They
breed some horses, which they mount.
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