| | |thence runs under high mountains | | |on left hand, called Jebel Tamei. | | |Chain of low stone hills on right, | | |going fair all time. | | | Odrus | 7 | 54 |Track debouches on wide open | | |plain, perhaps 15 miles by 10, | | |called Wadi Odrus; is covered with | | |coarse grass and stunted mimosa. | | |Gradual rise up to here, now | | |gentle descent to centre of Wadi | | |Odrus, where a narrow khor known Tekarti | 6 | 60 |as Tekarti. In good rain season | | |considerable quantity of dura is | | |grown along edge of this khor, but | | |on Dissibil side and to eastwards | | |only. Several well-grown trees | | |along edge of khor. This is 15 | | |miles from Dissibil, and would | | |make suitable halting place for | | |infantry. No water, except after | | |rains; good camp ground, fuel, and | | |grazing. A gradual rise from here. | | | | 3¼ | 63¼ |On right of track, under low hill, | | |several stone huts of Hamdab | | |tribe. | | | | 2 | 65¼ |Wadi Odrus ends and track crosses | | |outlying stony ridges of Amud | | |range. | | | | 2 | 67¼ |A sharp gradient and highest point | | |of whole route is reached 2,870 | | |feet above sea level. A sharp | | |descent by about ¾ mile of rocky | | |agaba or pass, which, however, | | |presents but little difficulty to _Khor Hareitri| ¾ | 68 |passage of all arms, leads to Khor (well)_ | | |Hareitri, a rather narrow defile (Tamai) | | |between high stone hills. Stony,