| | |small khor, and then winds among | | |low stone hills. | | | Wadi Temartua | — | — |Good going, partly firm sand, | | |partly stony. | | | Khor Laiameb | 44 | 175 |A broad khor running about east | | |and west, almost at right angles | | |to track. Said to contain pools | | |after rain, about 4 miles to west | | |of track. Small mimosa trees and | | |coarse grass; water might be found | | |if sunk for. Track after crossing | | |Khor Laiameb again goes over hilly | | |stony ground. | | | Jebel O’Fik | 2½ | 177½ |On right of track country open and | | |level again, a few trees and some | | |grass here. | | | Wadi Tatua | — | — |After passing Jebel O’Fik the Wadi | | |Tatua is entered; sandhills, &c., | | |in khor; Obak can be seen in | | |distance; good going. | | | | 5½ | 183 |Across a low ridge, going still | | |good. | | | | | |Plain becomes covered with small | | |mimosa bushes; 1½ miles through | | |these bushes and Obak sandhills | | |and drifts are entered. | | | _Obak (well)_ | 9 | 192 |Large new well, gives 2,000 | | |gallons when full; takes 10 hours | | |to refill. Water slightly | | |brackish. Natives say that there | | |were formerly 50 or 60 of these | | |wells, but have fallen in from | | |want of use. Wells, revetted wood; | | |water about 40 feet down.