| | | | |through thin low laot bush, | | | | |but some cultivation is | | | | |passed. Some villages lie | | | | |on right, but are not | | | | |conspicuous. Passes village | | | | |of Um Hageir. | | | | | _Um | 2¾ | 9¾ | 8 | 29 |Thin straggling village; Shinshin, | | | | |well, on road; last water or Um | | | | |on road. On through low Shinashin_| | | | |laot and grass, with very | | | | |little cultivation, passing | | | | |the small village of El | | | | |Gura; no well; last village | | | | |on road. | | | | | Um Ganatir| — | — | 5 | 34 |Tank, a boundary point of | | | | |Rufaa District, used to be | | | | |a man’s depth, but now | | | | |nearly filled up. | | | | | Mufad Wad | — | — | 7 | 41 |Tank. Dereid | | | | | | | | | | | 4½ | 14¼ | 1 | 42 |Road crosses a belt of laot | | | | |giving good firewood; no | | | | |more for two hours, though | | | | |there are belts of kittr a | | | | |mile or two on each side. | | | | |Geili just visible 29½° | | | | |(true). Jebel Lebaitor just | | | | |visible in early morning to | | | | |S. On over grassy plain, | | | | |apparently rising. | | | | |Direction of road some | | | | |degrees E. of Geili. | | | | | Wadi Mofad| 2¼ | 16½ | 6½ | 48½ |Marked by a belt of thin | | | | |kittr some 250 yards wide. | | | | |Must be boggy after rain. | | | | |Two tanks on each side of