Adingam’s| 5½ | 29 |At the bottom of the valley is Sh. Village_ | | |Adingam’s village, where there is | | |a good water supply. | | | | | |Crossing the valley to J. Kurmuk | | |several gold washings are passed | | |near the foot of J. Dish. | | | | | |The Kurmuk village is very small | | |and there is little cultivation. | | | | | |The road from Sh. Adingam’s is | | |very bad and stony till clear of | | |the hills. Then there is flat, | | |thickly wooded country. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 40.—GULE TO RENK. BY CAPTAIN H. H. S. MORANT, FEBRUARY, 1902. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Gule (Rest | — | — |The track to Renk leaves Gule in house) | | |an easterly direction and for the | | |first mile traverses cultivation, | | |two small Selim Arab encampments | | |are passed on the right hand; | | |thick forest at once begins, | | |composed chiefly of 30 feet high | | |talh, hashab, nagba, kadad, | | |soffar, &c., and there is a large | | |amount of the (to camels) deadly | | |poisonous hekabit. At this time of | | |year the grass and undergrowth is | | |burnt, but the trees are so | | |thick[23] that they prohibit | | |marching at night unless with a | | |good moon. Riding a horse or mule | | |one is far less inconvenienced | | |than if on a camel. There are