| ½ | 7½ |Hella ½ mile right of road. Road | | |bends to S.W. by W. | | | | 1½ | 9 |Cultivation ends. Road bad from | | |small bushes hidden in naal grass. | | | J. Matni | 17 | 26 |J. Matni ½ mile long, 50 to 100 | | |feet high; stony and covered with | | |habil trees. Woods round J. Matni | | |(soffar and habil) to the E. | | | | | |From J. Matni to Beila by direct | | |road 2 miles are saved. After J. | | |Matni road branches to right, | | |straight to Beila; left to Ghanem | | |or Ganam (meaning water holes). | | | _Ghanem_ | 3 | 29 |Small khor and 12 water holes | | |about 8 feet deep, and water 1 | | |foot 6 inches (Nov. 15th); | | |probably dry by end of month | | |(1901), rain having been slightly | | |under average. | | | | 2 | 31 |Joins main road nearly at right | | |angles. | | | | 15½ | 46½ |Small hill ¼ mile off the road. | | |Road afterwards curls in between | | |it and Beila to two small hellas | | |on far side. | | | _Beila_[15] | ½ | 47 |Two small villages and two | | |splendid wells cut in solid rock; | | |any amount of beautiful clear | | |water all the year round[15], 50 | | |feet deep; revetted at top; very | | |good grasses here. From Beila a | | |road now goes to Mafaya on the | | |Rahad, which is much shorter than | | |going to Hawata.