| | |end of the village a break in | | |the cultivation leaves room for | | |a small camp on the river bank. | | | Khor-el-Sorawi| 3 | 11 |A dry watercourse, 20 yards | | |wide. It shows signs of out- | | |pouring a considerable stream | | |in the rainy season. 1 mile | | |further to the east the river | | |makes a sharp bend to the | | |north-east, the edge of broken | | |ground continuing to run in an | | |easterly direction. The road | | |takes an intermediate course | | |across a plain of firm gravel | | |which lies between the rocks | | |and the river. | | | Kanisa | 1 | 12 |A small village ½ mile to the | | |north of the road, at the foot | | |of a small rocky hill, in an | | |angle of the river. | | | El Dugaiyet | 1 | 13 |A scattered village. The broken | | |ground here again comes to | | |within ½ mile of the river. | | |There is a good camping ground | | |on the river bank near the | | |village. The road to Bir Sani | | |and Berber here branches off. | | |It runs at first over very | | |rocky ground. There are said to | | |be 90 islands in the river | | |between this place and Belal. | | |The cultivation of the district | | |is for the most part on these | | |islands. | | | Hamdab | 5 | 18 |A very long village with a fair | | |amount of cultivation. The road | | |from Dugaiyet runs between the | | |broken ground and thick bush.