The going over the single track is good for horses, but bad for guns, as both horses and wheels must go through the long grass, and horses’ feet are continually slipping inwards as the track is narrow and generally deep. At times, as between Sofi and Mogatta, the path is completely lost and overgrown with kittr—bad enough for single horses, but still worse for pairs or led horses; the gun horses on two occasions coming in red with blood from shoulders down. I would suggest outside blinkers for gun horses in bush to protect the eyes from thorns. [Sidenote: Water.] During first portion of road, El Damer to Goz Regeb, the river is difficult of access owing to thick bush and high banks, except in recognized meshras, often far apart. Water very good; camps good and shady. On second portion, Goz Regeb to Fasher, river often 3 miles away, and very difficult of access. Meshras very few owing to broken ground, thick bush, and deep khors running in every direction; camps fair and shady. [Sidenote: Grasses.] On Atbara up to Goz Regeb, halfa grass is plentiful along the banks. After El Fasher plenty of green abu rokba, abu arid, and neghil, by far the best being abu arid, which, green or dry, is always taken by the natives in preference to any other for horses and cattle. Naal is apparently no use as food, but adaa or false dura is better than nothing. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- El Damer | — | — | | | | El Basli | 14 | 14 |Road across stony desert. Small | | |village, 150-200 inhabitants, | | |about 4 miles S. of Abadar Meshra. | | |Dom fringe, ½ mile broad; outside | | |this, stony desert. Two roads—one | | |through doms, the other outside— | | |single track over stones. | | | | | |From El Busli. | | | | | |Outside road taken. | | | | ¾ | 14¾ |Meshra Umdebia. | | | Amerab | 3¾ | 18½ |Amerab village, ½ mile from river;