| | |generally called simply Shag, no | | |connection with Sheikh. Four wells | | |in use out of 14; 120 feet deep, | | |water constant; 200 camels could | | |be watered daily. A badly defined | | |track leads over a valley with | | |rich soil across Wadi Baseyayi, | | |then gently up another stony ridge _Geleita_ | 14½ | 80½ |and plateau down to Geleita where | | |are 7 wells in use altogether, | | |about 120 feet deep, water | | |constant. There are several wells | | |unopened. A good many flocks and | | |inhabitants. | | | | | |Leaving the main group of wells, a | | |track is followed down bed of khor | | |to the foot of the ridge in N.W. | | |direction, fairly free from | | |stones, past two wells at ¾ mile, | | |and one well at 1¼ miles. The | | |track disappears and rich soil and _Isna Bir_ | 17½ | 98 |pasture land is crossed to Isna | | |Bir, where there are 2 wells | | |giving a scanty supply of water, | | |and a few people (Batahin); a few | | |patches of corn were noticed on | | |the way. | | | | | |Hence the direction taken is | | |nearly W., crossing a very fertile | | |tract of country; many water | | |tanks, now dry, then over the rich | | |land of Hawad, and rising a gentle | | |slope touches the Khor Girgegi, | | |which waters the Hawad, about 1 _Abu Deleig_ | 25 | 123 |mile short of Abu Deleig. | | | | | |Good shade all round. Large number | | |of wells. | | |