| | |to be any defined track. The way | | |is shown by blazed trees and | | |stumps of trees cut down by | | |clearing party. The whole way | | |practically is bad going, both for | | |camels and donkeys, owing to | | |rotten black cotton soil. Camels | | |go at a slow walk only. From Kuka | | |onwards the route is waterless, | | |but there are plenty of likely | | |looking places where water might | | |be found if wells were dug. | | | | | |From Meshra Sirri, route runs | | |roughly N.W. along right bank of | | |Rahad, it is marked by blazed | | |trees here and there. At times | | |going very bad over cotton soil. | | |Camels get along with difficulty | | |at slow walk. Sometimes going is | | |good, but only for short time. | | | _Meshra | 11¾ | 58¾ |Plenty of water in pool; good Kakamut_ | | |shade; zeriba; banks very steep | | |down to water and difficult for | | |camels. | | | _Meshra Myat | 1½ | 60¼ |Track rises on to a broad low bank Bringi_ | | |by riverside, which is evidently | | |an island when river is in flood. | | | _Meshra Ghaba | 2¼ | 62½ |Zeriba, water ¼ mile up stream, Susa_ | | |small amount, and very green. | | | _Bendego_ | 2¾ | 65¼ |Zeriba and meshra. Banks very | | |steep down to water. Quarter mile | | |further on the track passes group | | |of 11 very large tebeldi trees, | | |one of which has diameter 21 feet. | | | _Meshra | 6½ | 71¾ |Zeriba by large tebeldi tree,