By Captain H. F. S. Amery, March, 1903.
[10]No water here, January, 1901.[11]There is now (1904) a colony of Baggara Arabs who were sent to this district after the fall of Omdurman (1893).[12]This road has recently been straightened and improved.[13]Not the same as Durraba on the Dinder.[14]This report is on the old route. The new route at times follows the old one and at times the telegraph line, but the watering places are the same on both routes.[15]On the 28th March, 1902, there were only a few inches of water in the well, and it took an hour to water 13 camels, using 2 girbas.—(Bonham-Carter).[16]Uninhabited in March, 1902 (Bonham-Carter).[17]Some of the names in this report will probably be unknown to many guides.[18]Mafasa has rapidly developed, and now (1904) is about to be made the Head-Quarters of a District.[19]Rest houses on left bank between Regeiba and Roseires are at M. Gurra, Moya Ahmar, Abkok, and El Disa; on right bank, between El Gereif and Roseires, at Magangani.
[10]No water here, January, 1901.
[10]No water here, January, 1901.
[11]There is now (1904) a colony of Baggara Arabs who were sent to this district after the fall of Omdurman (1893).
[11]There is now (1904) a colony of Baggara Arabs who were sent to this district after the fall of Omdurman (1893).
[12]This road has recently been straightened and improved.
[12]This road has recently been straightened and improved.
[13]Not the same as Durraba on the Dinder.
[13]Not the same as Durraba on the Dinder.
[14]This report is on the old route. The new route at times follows the old one and at times the telegraph line, but the watering places are the same on both routes.
[14]This report is on the old route. The new route at times follows the old one and at times the telegraph line, but the watering places are the same on both routes.
[15]On the 28th March, 1902, there were only a few inches of water in the well, and it took an hour to water 13 camels, using 2 girbas.—(Bonham-Carter).
[15]On the 28th March, 1902, there were only a few inches of water in the well, and it took an hour to water 13 camels, using 2 girbas.—(Bonham-Carter).
[16]Uninhabited in March, 1902 (Bonham-Carter).
[16]Uninhabited in March, 1902 (Bonham-Carter).
[17]Some of the names in this report will probably be unknown to many guides.
[17]Some of the names in this report will probably be unknown to many guides.
[18]Mafasa has rapidly developed, and now (1904) is about to be made the Head-Quarters of a District.
[18]Mafasa has rapidly developed, and now (1904) is about to be made the Head-Quarters of a District.
[19]Rest houses on left bank between Regeiba and Roseires are at M. Gurra, Moya Ahmar, Abkok, and El Disa; on right bank, between El Gereif and Roseires, at Magangani.
[19]Rest houses on left bank between Regeiba and Roseires are at M. Gurra, Moya Ahmar, Abkok, and El Disa; on right bank, between El Gereif and Roseires, at Magangani.
(CENTRAL SUDAN.)
Compiled from Reports by Major de Rougemont and Captain H. F. S. Amery.
Corrected up to1904.
Between Khartoum and Wad Medani there are rest houses at the following places: Sabil, Masid, Kamlin, Hassa Hisa and Mesellemia; these places are on an average about 18 miles apart. The fee per night payable to the Sheikh in charge is 5 P.T., in return for which an angarib, zeer and water are provided. Eggs, milk, fowls, &c., are generally procurable, but these are of course not included in the 5 P.T.
Compiled from Reports by Captains T. Conolly and W. A. Boulnois(1899).
N.B.—The river can be approached practically anywhere as far as Shawal.
By Captain H. H. S. Morant, February, 1902.