| | |river near Khor Abu Herejil and | | |strikes across low slatey | | |ridges to about 7½ miles, when | | |it again strikes an arm of the | | |river, dry at this season, | | |along which it keeps for 1 | | |mile, and then across broad, Hosh El Geruf | 12 | 48½ |low open plateau to Hosh El | | |Geruf. Like all the names in | | |this part, Hosh El Geruf is | | |applied to a strip along the | | |river, rather than to any one | | |spot or village. The spot | | |referred to here is a clump of | | |palms, at the foot of a low | | |hill, near a little | | |cultivation. | | | | | |Road generally bad, quite | | |unsuitable for wheels. It | | |follows river at starting for 1 | | |mile, and then, leaving it, | | |winds up and down khors and | | |over low rocky ridges almost | | |the whole way. From about 8½ to | | |10 miles is the worst bit. Here | | |horses should be led in single | | |file, after that road enters | | |sandy plain and is good to 13 | | |miles, when it commences to | | |cross low ridges again. At 13½ | | |miles the river is seen for the | | |first time and the road Salmia | 14 | 62½ |descends to Salmia, which | | |consists of two or three groves | | |of palms, with a field or two | | |of dura and three or four | | |houses of Monasir. Room to camp | | |three or four battalions, with | | |a little shade. | | | | | |Road leaves river at once, and