| | |Sand continues heavy to 2½ | | |miles, where direct road by | | |desert leaves river and strikes | | |it again at about 10 miles. (I | | |did not follow this, but | | |believe it is fairly good | | |going.) It is possible to march | | |along the river bank, a little | | |longer, but the sand is | | |heavier. | | | Khulla, north | 16 | 110 |Khulla is a strip of the bank end direct | | |some 4 miles long; no houses road | | |nor cultivation, only a few | | |shepherds’ huts; many sunt | | |trees and dom palms. Much room | | |to camp and plenty of shade. | | |The sand is piled with hillocks | | |along the bank, and the road | | |runs on lower ground from 100 | | |to 600 yards from river. | | |Northern boundary of Khulla is | | |Khor Hamadein. This was the | | |furthest point attained by the | | |River Column, 1885. | | | | | |After crossing Khor Hamadein, | | |road keeps due east for about 4 | | |miles and passes through | | |Gemmeiza, a district similar to | | |Khulla, but not so well wooded. | | |Low gravelly hills approach on | | |right bank, and at several | | |points tracks branch off to the | | |left forming short cuts over Ab Tin, by | 20 | 130 |these hills towards Ab Tin. (I river road | | |did not travel by any of these, | | |but I understand they are easy | | |going.) The telegraph line | | |follows one of these. At 4 | | |miles road turns north by | | |baddish track, heavy and stony,