| | |soil, and makes straight for J. | | |Rera. | | | | | |At 1½ miles it crosses the Wadi | | |Jerraba flowing S., and 6 miles W. | | |Rahad, and at 11 miles the W. | | |Kanan flowing N. All are flat | | |depressions with cracked soil and | | |marked by lines of “kittr” bushes. | | |Parts of their courses are | | |cultivated. At 18 miles, track | | |enters ground strewn with quartz | | |pebbles, and covered with grass | | |which continues as far as Rera. | | | _Rera_ | 22¼ | 157½ |Hamla 9½ hours. The Rera hills | | |consist of three rocky ridges | | |almost in line, running E. and W. | | |and some low subsidiary elevation; | | |S. of the centre ridge is a well | | |and a dry water hole. Immediately | | |to the S. of the W. end of the | | |eastern and highest ridge are more | | |wells now in use. On the N. side | | |of the short and low pass that | | |leads to these wells from the N. | | |is a deep dry tank. Before the | | |Mahdia immense flocks and herds | | |used to water here. In the eastern | | |and highest ridge are several rock | | |tanks containing water. | | | | | |From Rera a road goes viâ Dimiat | | |to Asubri. It is more direct and | | |better marked than the one | | |followed, but was not taken as the | | |rock tanks at Dimiat were said to | | |be dry (January, 1900). The | | |eastern ridge is not difficult to | | |ascend and commands a good view. | | |The natives say J. Kassala can be