| | |on, and cross a flat khor, with | | |sparse vegetation, thick with | | |flocks. | | | | | |Now over alternate rough ridges | | |and small ragged khors. 2½ miles | | |down a sharp agaba into a small | | |khor, green and sweet smelling, | | |then wind round base of hills | | |miles, and enter Khor Tabikuk. | | | Khor Tabikuk | 7½ | 200½ |Across this khor, 3½ miles, top a | | |ridge, and view Sinkat valley, | | |green and thick with people and | | |flocks; down small agaba, over low | | |ridge, and enter valley. | | | _Sinkat Well_ | 4½ | 205 |One large well, good water 25 feet | | |down; unlimited supply. Several | | |large gemmeiza trees round wells | | |give excellent shade; ruins old | | |Egyptian fort also close to wells. | | |Large village in valley, with | | |several thousand people, built | | |partly straw huts, partly Arab | | |tents, small bazaar, and large | | |stores of gum. | | | | | |Good ground, fuel and grazing. | | |Khor Adit leads from north Sinkat | | |valley towards Khor Ossaud. | | | | | |Track from well runs east across | | |valley, then over low ridge across | | |two deep watercourses, and up a | | |stony, gradually-narrowing khor, | | |which winds through the hills. | | | _Khor Gebet_ | 6½ | 211½ |A short but bad agaba, a small | | |khor, a ridge, another small khor, | | |another ridge and Khor Gebet;