| | |not difficult, piece, in all about | | |½ mile, and khor is entered; ½ _Hayaba | 1 | 97 |mile on and well called Hayaba, a (well)_ | | |hole in ground, water a few feet | | |down and good, only one hole at | | |present, but others could be dug | | |in very short time, giving a | | |practically unlimited supply. | | |Rough wooden hut and Arab grave, | | |and on left of well good camp | | |ground, water, fuel, and grazing. | | | _Sarbit | 1½ | 98½ |Revetted stone well, good water (well)_ | | |about 10 feet down, sufficient for | | |battalion, good ground, fuel, and | | |grazing. | | | | 4 | 102½ |Track, now well to right of khor, | | |runs over a neck between small | | |rocky hills for short way, then | | |sand, then rocks, with graveyards | | |on each side; ½ mile on and low | | |rocky chain hides main khor from | | |track, hills gradually close in. | | | | 1½ | 104 |Hills now come in from north at | | |right angles to track, and appear | | |to entirely block up khor; under | | |these hills was situated the | | |Dervish post of Osman Digna. A | | |collection of tukuls, sufficient | | |for about 200 men, and surrounded | | |by a thick thorn zariba; clear, | | |level space, some 700 yards to | | |front and flanks, within 200 yards | | |of hills at back; a well enough | | |chosen position as regards | | |covering road from Suakin. A | | |narrow and short defile on extreme | | |left affords an exit, and khor | | |again widens somewhat.