| | |country is traversed, with | | |occasional belt of trees. | | | Khor Abu | 5½ | 16 |Track passes this khor 1½ miles Seghira | | |from the meshra, which is very | | |difficult to find, owing to the | | |jungle and the creepers festooned | | |from tree to tree. No pool there | | |this dry season. | | | Khoran El Homr| 2 | 18 |The “Red Khor,” of which there are | | |three. The second one is 1½ miles | | |on, and the third 1 mile further | | |on. Each khor is thickly fringed | | |with trees, bush, and high grass, | | |after rains. The track is now some | | |3 or 4 miles from the Rahad. At | | |23½ miles another khor is crossed, | | |and the ground rises into a stony | | |plateau. | | | _H. Sherif | 6½ | 24½ |Track passes to E. of this Yagub_ | | |village. Inhabitants are Ashraf. | | | _M. El Egeiga_| ½ | 25 |Camping ground is on a bluff 40 | | |feet above bed of river; a pool of | | |water always here in the dry | | |season. Natives say that in the | | |winter months it is not a good | | |camping ground, as it is very | | |feverish at night. Country now | | |becomes much more close, trees and | | |bushes narrow the track in many | | |places, and in the autumn the high | | |grass obscures all view to front | | |or flanks. | | | _M. Abuet El | 5 | 30 |This meshra is only 100 yards from Messih_ | | |the track, but the river is | | |somewhat hidden by the jungle. | | |Very unhealthy camping ground