| | |The country soon becomes more | | |open, several tanks are passed. At | | |3 miles Wad Abu Saleh, good well | | |250 feet deep, marked by some | | |small but well built mud houses in | | |good preservation, said to belong | | |to the Sheikh of El Soba. About ¾ | | |mile to the left is a tank, said | | |to hold the largest supply of | | |water in the neighbourhood. The | | |country now becomes more and more | | |bare of trees, and more ground fit | | |for cultivation is seen. At 6½ | | |miles some Batahin crops are Wadi Sereria | 6½ | 6½ |passed, and the Wadi Sereria | | |flowing S. is crossed. A well | | |belonging to the Mesellemia is | | |said to be close at hand on left. | | |At 8 miles a track from Shendi viâ | | |Wad Hassuna to Rufaa is crossed. | | |No water along it except tanks. | | | _El | 4½ | 66 |A tank about 100 feet in diameter Giseima_[10] | | |on rather high ground surrounded | | |by a few trees, 2 feet of water in | | |it, Hamla 4½ hours. From this on, | | |no trees are seen till Rera is | | |reached, except where belts of | | |“kittr” bushes mark the lines of | | |Wadis or a small clump of thorn | | |trees shows the position of a | | |tank; firewood should be provided | | |for. | | | | | |The absence of trees enables one | | |to see far over the wide plains, | | |mostly of arable soil and covered | | |at this season with dry “Mahareib” | | |and “Hamra” grass. At 4 miles, an | | |unusually pronounced drainage line | | |said to come from Abu Deleig is