| | | | |S.E. There is some camel | | | | |grazing here. | | | | | | | | | |Road now turns to left out | | | | |of wadi, and, after crossing | | | | |low ridges for about one | | | | |hour and passing near some | 1 | 15½ | — | — |“selem” bushes in one of the | | | | |wadis, enters a plain ½ to 1 | | | | |mile broad, and heads | | | | |generally for J. Kerar | | | | |Berar. | | | | | | ½ | 16 | 3¾ | 45¾ |Half-a-mile further on J. | | | | |Mosiai (pillar on top) is at | | | | |right angles about 1 to 2 | | | | |miles distant on left. | | | | | | 1½ | 17½ | — | — |Track leaves plain over low | | | | |ridges and descends by | 1 | 18½ | — | — |gentle slope obliquely to | | | | |Wadi Mosiai. There are a few | 1¾ | 20¼ | — | — |of the peculiar dom palms of | | | | |the country above where wadi | | | | |is struck, and a little | | | | |“selem” and some scrubby | | | | |plants below. Track keeps | | | | |down wadi generally, till it | | | | |gets well clear of the low | | | | |hills, when it turns half | | | | |left over open plain, good | | | | |going, and passes an | | | | |isolated patch of “selem” | | | | |bushes in Gabgaba. | | | | | W. | 2 | 22¼ | 16 | 61¾ |The bed of the Gabgaba is ¾ Gabgaba | | | | |to 1½ miles wide in places, | | | | |consisting of several | | | | |channels separated by flat | | | | |gravel. The bed itself is | | | | |sandy, honeycombed with rat