| — | — | 2 | 123½ |into another branch of the | | | | |Abu Tabag wadi, which it _Abu | 5½ | 47¾ | 2 | 125½ |follows till it reaches the Tabag_ | | | | |well. | | | | | | | | | |The valley opens out a bit | | | | |here, though immediately | | | | |over the well there are low | | | | |hills which still carry the | | | | |breastworks erected by | | | | |Beshir Bey’s men as a | | | | |protection against | | | | |dervishes. | | | | | | | | | |The well is about 20 feet | | | | |deep, of which the lower 12 | | | | |feet, is revetted with | | | | |stone. Plenty of water. Many | | | | |small partridges. | | | | | | | | | |An Inspector’s rest house | | | | |has been built here. Some | | | | |fine sayal trees. | | | | | | | | | |There are a number of dom | | | | |palms trying to come up, but | | | | |none have succeeded in | | | | |showing any trunk yet. | | | | | | | | | |The wadi here is, I believe, | | | | |called the Wadi Ga, but I am | | | | |not sure. | | | | | Wadi Ga | — | — | 2 | 127½ |The track continues down the | | | | |wadi for 2 miles and turns | | | | |off to the left over flat | | | | |and undulating ground; easy | | | | |going for some miles, the | 4¼ | 52 | 10 | 137½ |general direction being a | | | | |little to the left of J. | | | | |Kirmai, crosses the Wadi Ga