| | |The river between El Kirbekan | | |and the end of the Shukuk Pass | | |is clear and free from | | |obstacles, though it flows at | | |times between steep and rocky | | |banks. | | | | | |Just as the upper end of Uss | | |Island is reached, a small | | |rapid has to be passed which is | | |not, however, very difficult. | | | | | |Both north and south of the | | |Shukuk Pass there are numerous | | |drawings of a rough description | | |representing cattle, monkeys, | | |and dogs, probably the same | | |period as those at Murrat—2nd | | |and 3rd century A.D. (Major Sir | | |H. Hill, Bart.). | | | Salamat | 12 | 80 |On debouching from the Shukuk | | |Pass, the country commences to | | |open out, and the hills to | | |recede further from the river. | | |The track follows the bank, | | |which now commences to become | | |more generally cultivated. Just | | |before coming abreast of Shoar | | |Island, the track ascends a | | |rocky plateau, from the summit | | |of which the first view of | | |Jebel Osma is obtained. | | | | | |The Island of Sherrai follows | | |Shoar Island, but it is very | | |barren and rocky. One mile up | | |this island the cataract of | | |Tuari is passed. It is very | | |difficult, and the river is | | |here much broken by rocks and | | |shallows.