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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

Name: Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798
Author: Browne, William George

Browne, William George

Egypt -- Description and travel; Sudan -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel

Gebel Marra to Bishara Taib                             W.       2

    Bishara Taib to the confines of Fûr                     W.       5

  All this road is mountainous and rocky, and the
  inhabitants from Rîl W. to the confines of Fûr are
  Mohammedans. The water on Gebel Marra, which is a
  lofty mountain, rises with some remarkable
  circumstances, and it is said to be sulphureous. The
  people there feed partly on wheat, which grows near
  the place, partly on Mahreîk.

  The people who inhabit the confines of Fûr W. are
  called _Tûmûrkée_.

    From the confines to Dar Ruma                         W. ¼N.     8

      _Desert, sand and clay, some water._

    From Dar Ruma to Kibbéid                            }        {   2
                                                        }        {
      _Kibbeid is situated on a hill or rock._          }        {
                                                        }        {
    From Kibbéid to Kajachsha                           }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Kajachsha to Bendala                           }        {   1¼
                                                        }        {
  Bendala is inhabited by the slaves of the Sultan of   }        {
  Bergoo.—The people of _Ruma_, and thence to Bendala   }        {
  are idolaters.                                        }  N.E.  {
                                                        }        {
    From Bendala to Wullad-el-Bucca                     }        {   1
                                                        }        {
      _Bucca is a mountainous district._                }        {
                                                        }        {
    From Bucca to Dar Misselâd                          }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Dar Misselâd to Wara, the residence of the     }        {
    Sultan of Bergoo                                    }        {   2¼


                    _From Wara to Bahr-el-Gazalle._

    From Wara to Nimr, where the merchants reside, as at
    Cobbé in Dar-Fûr                                        W.       0¼

    From Nimr to Battah                                              2

  Battah is situated on a small river, which flows from
  the S. and then deviating to the W. falls into the
  Bahr el _Fittré_. Battah belongs to the Misselâd.

    From Battah to Dirota                                   W.       1

    From Dirota to Dar Hummâr                                        0½

      _Road, clayey soil._

    From Dar Hummâr to Coseiât                                       1

      _Dar Hummâr rocky._

    From Coseiât to Shungeiât                                        1

  Two towns of idolaters.

    From Shungeiât to Dar Dajeou—_Caffres_                           1

    _Cooka, Mohammedans_—From Dar Dajeou to Dar Cooka                3

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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

Gebel Marra to Bishara Taib                             W.       2

    Bishara Taib to the confines of Fûr                     W.       5

  All this road is mountainous and rocky, and the
  inhabitants from Rîl W. to the confines of Fûr are
  Mohammedans. The water on Gebel Marra, which is a
  lofty mountain, rises with some remarkable
  circumstances, and it is said to be sulphureous. The
  people there feed partly on wheat, which grows near
  the place, partly on Mahreîk.

  The people who inhabit the confines of Fûr W. are
  called _Tûmûrkée_.

    From the confines to Dar Ruma                         W. ¼N.     8

      _Desert, sand and clay, some water._

    From Dar Ruma to Kibbéid                            }        {   2
                                                        }        {
      _Kibbeid is situated on a hill or rock._          }        {
                                                        }        {
    From Kibbéid to Kajachsha                           }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Kajachsha to Bendala                           }        {   1¼
                                                        }        {
  Bendala is inhabited by the slaves of the Sultan of   }        {
  Bergoo.—The people of _Ruma_, and thence to Bendala   }        {
  are idolaters.                                        }  N.E.  {
                                                        }        {
    From Bendala to Wullad-el-Bucca                     }        {   1
                                                        }        {
      _Bucca is a mountainous district._                }        {
                                                        }        {
    From Bucca to Dar Misselâd                          }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Dar Misselâd to Wara, the residence of the     }        {
    Sultan of Bergoo                                    }        {   2¼


                    _From Wara to Bahr-el-Gazalle._

    From Wara to Nimr, where the merchants reside, as at
    Cobbé in Dar-Fûr                                        W.       0¼

    From Nimr to Battah                                              2

  Battah is situated on a small river, which flows from
  the S. and then deviating to the W. falls into the
  Bahr el _Fittré_. Battah belongs to the Misselâd.

    From Battah to Dirota                                   W.       1

    From Dirota to Dar Hummâr                                        0½

      _Road, clayey soil._

    From Dar Hummâr to Coseiât                                       1

      _Dar Hummâr rocky._

    From Coseiât to Shungeiât                                        1

  Two towns of idolaters.

    From Shungeiât to Dar Dajeou—_Caffres_                           1

    _Cooka, Mohammedans_—From Dar Dajeou to Dar Cooka                3

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Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

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