Is in good condition throughout. It is very level, except where it crosses a khor or skirts a hill closely, there are no long ascents or descents. The large khors are all very shallow and broad, with sandy beds, so that at the present time of year, when they are all empty, they do not cause the slightest delay. When passing near a hill the road is generally rough and uneven, and covered with loose stones, and in addition numerous small khors have to be crossed. [Sidenote: The Country.] Is as a rule dead flat, with the exception of the Jebels, which are like so many islands. Except where there is cultivation, there is nothing but bush, varying in thickness, and grass, which is now being burnt. Cultivation as a rule consists of dura and semsem, but except where mentioned there is nothing but bush. Where the grass has been burnt, progress on foot through the bush is fairly easy as a rule. [Sidenote: Water.] Is very scarce. All the khors are now (December) dry, but water can be obtained from holes scraped in the bed. The supply is rapidly decreasing, and in two or three places where water was obtainable on our way out to Gezan, no water could be obtained on our way back, only three days later. Between the Khor Sumba and the Khor Karri, however, water appears to be plentiful, and in the Khor Tumat itself there seems to be an ample supply just below the surface. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Fazogli, Mek’s| — | — |The road leaves the village in a House | | |southerly direction and runs | | |straight to the foot of J. | | |Fazogli, on reaching which it | | |follows the S.E. spur, but without | | |ascending it. At first it runs | | |through patches of cultivation, | | |but after about ½ mile this gives | | |place to thin bush. The road is | | |for the most part good, except | | |where it crosses numerous small | | |khors, tributaries of the Khor | | |Akluli, which also follows the | | |foot of the ridge, as a rule | | |between the road and the high | | |ground. The ascent on the right of | | |the road is very steep, and the