| | | _El Matar | 1½ | 105½ |A hole scooped in ground, good (well)_ | | |water a few feet down, enough for | | |half battalion at present, but | | |could be quickly increased by | | |digging other holes. Camp ground, | | |grazing, and fuel here. Track now | | |bends to left and crosses neck | | |between two old graveyards. | | | _Abd El Haabit| 1½ | 107 |Two wells here, about ½ mile (well)_ | | |apart, one on track, other ½ mile | | |to left. The one on track a hole | | |in khor, good water, limited | | |supply, enough for about 100 | | |camels, before refilling in two | | |hours. Other revetted stone, now | | |dry, but could easily be reopened. | | | | | |All these four last wells in Khor | | |Kokreb, which is wide, full of | | |trees and shrubs, with stony hills | | |here and there, many gazelle, | | |doves and rock grouse. Track | | |follows khor in all about 10 | | |miles, when it branches to right. | | | | | |Track now enters wide open plain | | |of black stone, but good going, | | |bare but for few stunted mimosa, | | |and coarse patches of grass. | | | | 5 | 112 |Stone ceases, and firm sand takes | | |its place. | | | | 2½ | 114½ |Track bends to right among patches | | |of huge boulders. | | | | | |Directly after entering Agortitweb | | |Plain, a black hill, surmounted by | | |what appears to be two tower-like