--------------+----------------------+-------------------------------- | Miles. | +-------------+--------+ Place. | | Total | Description. |Intermediate.| from | | |Durraba.| --------------+-------------+--------+-------------------------------- _Khor Gelagu_ | — | 53½ |A tributary on R. bank of | | |Dinder, 53½ miles above Durraba. | | | | | |Track (made by game) keeps away | | |from Gelagu on R. bank, going _Farsh El | — | — |pretty good; woods (not dense) Ghani_ | | |alternating with large open | | |plains, covered with high grass, „ „ _Sanei_ | — | — |called farshes. Ras Amer is a | | |long shallow lake, the west end _Maya Ras | 6 | 59½ |about 1 mile from Gelagu (which Amer_ (west | | |winds very much), at this time end of) | | |(March) 2 miles long E. and W. | | |by 150 to 300 yards broad. East | | |end about 2½ miles from Gelagu. | | |Open plains; either end of lake | | |swarming with game, water of | | |lake very thick and slimy, with | | |fishy taste owing to millions of | | |pelicans, geese, &c. Gave | | |several of our men sore throats. | | | Camp | 7½ | 67 |Strike N.N.E. for Rahad (camp on | | |road), badly cracked cotton | | |soil, yellow reed grass and | | |sparsely scattered trees, but no | | |obstacle to hamla marching in | | |any direction across country, | | |provided a couple of men go in | | |front with axes to lop off | | |branches. | | | _Warre_ | 10½ | 77½ |Strike Rahad at Warre, which | | |like all places mentioned here