TOPO GRAPIIY— EL-OBEib. 



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immediate vicinity with renewed life. El-Obeïd is built in one of the parts of 

 Kordofân where the rainfall is most abundant ; the heat there is also less over- 



Fig. 87.— El-Obeïd. 

 Scale 1 : 20,000. 



50^52-50-' 



L , of breenwicn 



SQ-SS'SO" 



Arab dwelling's. 



Wooden huts. 



Brick and stone houses. 

 — — — 550 Yards. 



powering than elsewhere, since the town lies at a height of 2,030 feet, although 

 there are no mountains to be scaled before reaching its basin. 



In this region the mountains, either isolated or disposed in parallel ridges, 

 leave the way open in every direction, and the caravans converge there without 

 meeting with any obstacles. To the west of the Nile El-Obeid is the first station 

 where the caravans rest and' reform on the way to Dar-For, Wadai, and Western 



