| | |seen from it on a fine day during | | |the rains. Variation of prismatic | | |compass about 3½° W. | | | | | |There is no marked track for the | | |first 5 miles towards El Sadda, | | |and the going is bad over pebbles | | |and through long grass. | | | | | |After that a well marked track is | | |reached, which continues the rest | | |of the way. | | | Wadi Atiam | 7 | 154½ |At 7 miles, the Wadi Atiam is | | |passed flowing N. It goes to El | | |Sofeiya, and as far again beyond | | |it dies away. Much cultivation | | |along it. From 7 to 9½ miles the | | |road is rather bad and stony till | | |it has passed the Atash hills by a | | |short and easy gap, and enters an | | |open plain which extends to El | | |Sadda. | | | | | |Several tanks are passed on the | | |right, known as El Farsh. Hamla 9½ | | |hours. | | | _El Sadda_ | 25½ | 180 |There are several wells here about | | |½ mile W. of S. end of J. El | | |Sadda, a low ridge running N. and | | |S. The one well visited was said | | |to be 70 to 80 feet deep. Plenty | | |of grass, but no trees nor | | |firewood. On the N. and W. of the | | |hill and close to its foot are a | | |number of circular stone mounds | | |neatly built, which appear to be | | |tumuli, and probably date from a | | |time anterior to the present | | |inhabitants. The two biggest are