| | |crossed. The upper part is called Wadi Abu Sueid| 4 | 70 |Wadi Abu Sueid and the lower Wadi | | |Hasit, said to be much cultivation | | |along it, but none was seen. | | |Thence across a gravelly plateau | | |from which 4 miles further on | | |Geili hill can be seen. At 76th | | |mile road descends short slope to Astaneit | 6 | 76 |Astaneit tank, dry, no wood, | | |water, nor good grazing. | | | | | |From here on to Geili, the road | | |generally makes for the hill. The | | |main track probably avoids | | |Astaneit tank, leaving it to the | | |right. At 80th mile the Khor Khor Dengalia | 4 | 80 |Dengalia; at 84th mile the Wadi | | |Nail, and half mile further on the Wadi Nail | 4 | 84 |Wadi Ankia are crossed, all | | |flowing south. 5½ miles further on Wadi Ankia | ½ | 84½ |the N. end of the Geili hill was | | |reached. The best place to halt is _Geili_ | 6 | 90½ |½ mile further on at the S.E. end, | | |where a huge fallen boulder | | |affords good shade for two or | | |three persons. It has an ancient | | |carving in Egyptian style on the | | |side nearest the hill. | | | | | |J. Geili is a granite outcrop | | |about 250 feet high, rising out of | | |a gentle elevation in the plain. | | |On E. and S. are some low knolls | | |enclosing a small open space, in | | |which the wells now most used are | | |situated. There are said to be | | |about thirty wells round the hill, | | |varying in depth from 50 to 100 | | |feet, yielding an unfailing supply | | |of water; some grass near but no | | |firewood. The only path up the