| | |the next 8 miles through thick | | |bush; country then becomes more | | |open and covered with grass again. | | | Ummat Rumeila | 19 | 99 |A group of some five or six hills, (Rest house) | | |averaging 80 to 100 feet high. | | |Some water in pools and holes | | |during rains. The track passes in | | |a N.E. direction through the | | |hills; several patches of bush are | | |traversed. At the 110th mile a | | |narrow belt of laot trees, 10 | | |yards broad, commences to run | | |alongside or in the middle of the | | |track; this belt follows the road | | |for 13 miles. | | | Taras Wad El | 20 | 119 |A small depression, wherein water Fahl (Rest | | |lies during rains. Two thorn house) | | |bushes to S. of track mark it. | | | Khor Abu | 7 | 126 |A descent leads to this very Hashim | | |shallow khor, and a similar rise | | |takes place on its E. side. J. | | |Tiwawa now becomes visible to the | | |E. Track runs over a grassy plain | | |with not even a shrub on it. | | | Khor Abu | 11 | 137 |Or Abu Fura. This khor rises near Faraga | | |Gedaref, and at this point the | | |track meets it; it here turns S. | | |The track runs parallel with it | | |for a mile, 2 to 400 yards | | |distant. At the 139th mile ground | | |falls gently. | | | Um Gulgia | 3 | 140 |A stony mound on left of the track | | |containing several deep holes, | | |said to contain enough water for | | |1,000 men and 500 camels during | | |the rains.