| | |Massawa, and Khartoum viâ Gedaref | | |meet here. UM RUEISHID _viâ_ SOFEIYA TO ASUBRI. Khartoum, N. | — | — | | | | Um Rueishid | — | 135¼ |From Um Rueishid where the ground | | |is very stony, the track which is | | |well defined, starts at a bearing | | |of 112° from true N., and very | | |soon K. Abu Jerraba is crossed | | |flowing N., it is said to | | |eventually unite with the Wadi | | |Khasa. | | | Wadi Khasa | 7½ | 142¾ |There are signs of a good deal of | | |cultivation along this wadi. | | | J. Um El Gurud| 1½ | 144¼ |J. Um El Gurud, a low rocky hill | | |about ¼ mile long is passed about | | |1¾ miles to S. and 3 miles further | | |on Sheikh | | | Sh. Naim’s | 1½ | 145¾ |Naim’s tomb, conspicuous on top of Tomb | | |a gentle slope, is passed on N. | | |side of the road. Open bushless | | |grass country continued until El Sofeiya | 9½ | 155¼ |nearing El Sofeiya, where | | |scattered bush and granite rocks | | |appear. There are some forty wells | | |here, though water supply | | |decreases considerably in the dry | | |season, they vary from 50 to 100 | | |feet in depth. | | | | | |The people here, who are Shukria | | |under Sh. Ahmed Mohamed Abu Sin, | | |live in tents made of matting; | | |there are no permanent buildings | | |of any sort, and the encampments | | |are small and scattered. The | | |direct road to Kassala, which is