--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Suakin | — | — |Road runs in north-westerly | | |direction alongside formation | | |level of old Suakin-Berber | | |railway. Good road, and easy going | | |through scrub, with mimosa and | | |acacia trees. Plain covered with | | |camels and flocks of goats | | |grazing. Gentle rise all way to | | |Handub. | | | _Handub Well_ | 10 | 10 |Water here practically unlimited, | | |slightly brackish; good camp | | |ground, fuel, and grazing for | | |camels. Water about 20 feet down. | | | | 3 | 13 |Track enters hills, which | | |gradually close in on either side, | | |going still good and gentle rise. | | | _Otao Well_ | 6 | 19 |Two wells here, giving good water, | | |holes in ground, could be easily | | |developed, at present sufficient | | |for two companies infantry and | | |their transport. Formation level | | |of old railway ends here. | | | _Tambuk Well_ | 5 | 24 |Good water, supply practically | | |unlimited, now three wells, would | | |be easily increased. Good camp | | |ground, fuel and grazing. Gazelle, | | |hares, partridges, and doves along | | |road, Handub and Tambuk. Water in | | |wells about 15 feet down. | | | | 2 | 26 |To here going stony and rough, | | |then through a short defile, and