| | |during the autumn and winter. | | |Track continues through bush, with | | |occasional open spaces. | | | _M. El Esheir_| 3 | 33 |Good camping ground near track, | | |500 yards from the river. Just | | |after leaving this place, the | | |Arang range can be seen in clear | | |weather. Track as before. | | | _Ein El | 7 | 40 |Watering place here, on the Rahad, Lueiga_ | | |in the dry season; not a good | | |camping ground during or after | | |rains, there being much fever. The | | |track now leaves the vicinity of | | |the Rahad, and for the first 5 | | |miles trends towards the N.E. | | |corner of the Arang hills. The | | |Kassala Province is entered here. | | | | | |At the 48th mile a depression is | | |passed, where a little water is | | |sometimes found during the rains. | | |Plain covered with grass 1 to 10 | | |feet high in October, which from | | |that month becomes broken down by | | |the wind, and in March is only 2 | | |feet high. Track twists and turns | | |considerably until the hills are | | |reached. | | | Galaat Arang | 18 | 58 |The track strikes these hills | | |about 4 or 5 miles from its S. | | |end; bush is again entered, and | | |track becomes very stony and | | |covered with fallen boulders from | | |the hills. | | | | | |The hills are mostly rock, covered | | |with laot, and stunted baobab or | | |tebeldi trees. Ariel, gazelle,