_Wad Betul_ | 2½ | 84¾ |Meshra, no zeriba, road | | |immediately above stream, and | | |country much more open here. From | | |here blazing of trees is | | |discontinued, and direction has to | | |be kept (1902) by compass and | | |stream. Rate of progress cannot be | | |reckoned at more than 2 miles per | | |hour. | | | _Khor Semsem_ | 7½ | 92¼ |Broad shelving grass-grown khor | | |running in direction from N.E. to | | |S.W. runs into river here. Bad | | |meshra just N.W. of it, little | | |shade, and very steep banks. Water | | |green. 1½ miles from Semsem the | | |river bed widens and becomes | | |muddy—until now it has always been | | |sandy—very good grass grows on the | | |part from which water has receded. | | | Island (name | 3 | 95¼ |River doubles back and runs nearly unknown) | | |S.E. and flows round an island. | | |Track follows several broad and | | |very grassy and bushy khors which | | |caused wide détours. | | | | 2¼ | 97½ |Good spot for camp immediately | | |above a large pool. Banks steep | | |and thickly wooded, though | | |immediate site of camp clear. | | | | | |The island seems to come to an end | | |about ¼ mile further down stream. | | |From here the track becomes plain | | |again, the tree felling and | | |blazing is regular and | | |systematical, and easily followed. | | |Going improves and camels can | | |occasionally trot. Country becomes | | |more open and track crosses