| | |difficult to trace for the first | | |mile or so after leaving the | | |wells, soon becomes well defined, | | |having been much used during the | | |Mahdia, and leads over open flat | | |grassy land from J. Gurun, which | | |it leaves about 2½ miles to the S. | | |Khors Royan (7 miles) and Atshan | | |(11½ miles) being crossed en | 15½ | 170¾ |route, flowing N. | | | Wadi Giref | 6½ | 177¼ |J. Giref is passed about 3 miles | | |N. of track and Wadi Giref is | | |crossed about a mile further on. | | | | | |From here to J. Dimiat is about 15 | | |miles, Wadi Girgoja being crossed | | |at about half way. | | | _J. Dimiat_ | 15 | 192¼ |A granite hill about 100 feet | | |high. There is a natural tank | | |about half way up, inaccessible | | |for camels, which after a good | | |rainy season contains water till | | |the end of January, but is not to | | |be relied on. There is a certain | | |amount of laot bush around the | | |base of the Jebel, which serves as | | |firewood, and some detached | | |boulders give shade for a small | | |party. | | | | | |From here to the Atbara valley | | |about 33 miles there is no bush, | | |with the exception of two thin | | |belts called Ogba El Bagar about 5 Ogba El Bagar | 18 | 210¼ |miles apart. | | | | 7½ | 217¾ |The road bifurcates, one to | | |Gandaua, Sh. Omara Abu Sin’s | | |village on the Atbara, the other