| | |striking it at Wad El Kashedi. | | | _Wad El | 2½ | 121½ |A good pool, but banks steep, Kashedi_ | | |looks as if an old canal formerly | | |ran into river from W. Jebel | | |Mogadad appears in distance in E. | | |direction. Going still bad. Cotton | | |soil, but fewer trees. | | | | | |Track follows close to river bank, | | |water occasionally in pools, but | | |banks steep. Two miles from Hawata | | |track improves and enters belt of | | |trees through which it is well | | |cleared. Some cultivation about in | | |cleared patches. | | | Hawata | 7½ | 129 |Fair-sized tukl village of | | |Hamadas. Fair supplies and good | | |pool of water immediately beside | | |village. Track from here improves | | |greatly. It is well cleared and | | |camels can trot. The journey from | | |Gallabat to Hawata cut the feet of | | |4 out of 5 camels so badly that | | |they were unable to proceed | | |further. Between Meshra Sirri and | | |Hawata game very plentiful. | | |Numerous tracks of elephants; | | |lions were heard each night. | | |Giraffe seen twice. Ariel | | |frequently seen in enormous herds | | |of over 100. North of Hawata no | | |more lions or elephants, and ariel | | |became scarce. I saw natives | | |coursing gazelle, and they say | | |they hunt a good deal. | | | _Girbu_ | 2 | 131 |From Hawata, track winds through | | |trees and long grass to small tukl | | |village on river bank with some