| | |very little grass and trees, | | |getting scarcer through El Uera | | |district, leaving the two hills of | | |El Darei on the north side; at | | |about 9 miles the direction taken | | |leads straight to Bewadda. Under | | |the hills of El Darei are bushes Bewadda | 15½ | 16½ |and grass. | | | | | |Bearing from Bewadda to Sabaat | | |162°, Erembat 81°, Takallaareid | | |343°. Bewadda is a granite rock in | | |the middle of a bare tract. | | | | | |At 20 miles a ridge about ¼ mile | | |long, quite low, stands 1 mile to | | |the N.; hence the ground is | | |perfectly bare till about 50 | | |miles. Wadis coming from south | | |begin to empty on the plain, then | | |the going becomes bad in places, | | |especially in the cracked soil | | |near the Wadis. Grass gets more | | |plentiful. | | | | | |At 51 miles Wadi Royan is crossed, | | |and shortly after Wadi El Doleb | | |and Wadi Sangareh; dura is grown | | |about these wadis. | | | J. Ikhbeit | 36 | 52½ |Bearing to J. Ikhbeit 209°. | | | | | |The broad Wadi El Abil is crossed | | |at 59 miles; there are bushes and | | |firewood in it. Four miles further | | |on the ground becomes stony after | | |crossing Wadi Wad Masuga, and | | |rises gentle slope of stony ridge. | | | _Shag El | 13½ | 66 |Shag El Walia is reached after Walia_ | | |crossing a second ridge. It is