[93]Allawi = crooked.
[94]I did not hear anything of this in 1907 when in the neighbourhood, perhaps owing to the ignorance of my Ababda guides. The information was given me further south in 1908 by several Bisharin guides, who appeared to know the place well and who all agreed on the point.
[95]The authors of “The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,” 1905 (Vol. I, p. 87) erroneously place Bir Shalatein in Wadi Hasium instead of at the mouth of Wadi Hodein. The mistake has led to erroneous delineation of the administrative boundary between Egypt and the Sudan in existing maps (see [p. 74]).
[96]This and the other main feeders of Wadi Hodein are described in more detail in following pages.
[97]The final syllable in Silsila is hardly heard when the name is spoken by an Ababda Arab; it sounds like Silsi unless one is listening specially for the end of the word.
[98]To be distinguished from the Wadi Gemal further north mentioned on [p. 100.]
[99]Bir Madi, 12¼ kilometres north of Bir Sararat Seyet, was at this time open and giving good supplies.
[100]This and the other main Egyptian tributaries of Di-ib are described in more detail in the following pages.
[101]Geographical Journal, 1896.
[102]Qoseir is in latitude 26° 6′ north, about 400 kilometres as the crow flies from Halaib.