| | |for it, leaving on the right the | | |group of small hills known as El | | |Nawasla. At 6¼ miles the track | | |descends a gentle slope, and bends | | |up to the N. to the well of Um | | |Rueishid. | | | | | |The more direct road, which would | | |appear to be the best in every | | |way, runs nearly due E. over a | | |“Nal” grass covered plain devoid | | |of bush, therefore also of shade | | |and firewood, to Sofeiya El Wata | | |(23 miles) a large tank (dry | | |January, 1901), where there is | | |excellent shade for a small party. | | |From here to Um Rueishid (20 | | |miles), track traverses similar | | |country, though it is occasionally | | |stony. J. Um Betikh is passed to | | |the S. of the track. | | | _Um Rueishid_ | 8¼ | 135¼ |This well is said to be 30 or 35 | | |feet deep. It is situated on bare | | |stony ground. A dry tank lies ½ | | |mile to the S. There are a few | | |small thorn bushes S. of well, but | | |there is very little shade and | | |little grazing, and it is | | |altogether rather an unpleasant | | |halting place. | | | | | |From Um Rueishid there is a track | | |viâ El Sofeiya and Dimiat to | | |Asubri. It seems the most direct | | |line possible, _vide_ description | | |below. | | | | | |The route followed after about 1 | | |mile of stony plain strikes a well | | |marked track on good cultivable