| | |about 3 miles up this khor to | | |right are two wells. | | | | 3 | 214½ |Commencement of the great Sinkat | | |Agaba or Pass, along which track | | |runs for 3½ miles; very bad, | | |difficult going, practically | | |impassable for wheeled artillery, | | |and would be altogether | | |impracticable but for the work | | |done years ago by Mumtaz Pasha, | | |then Governor of Suakin. In this | | |agaba the Khor Gwob rises, which, | | |gradually widening, eventually | | |reaches the sea some 7 miles south | | |of Suakin. | | | _Khor Gwob_ | 3½ | 218 |End of agaba, and good going over | | |firm sand; gradual descent down | | |khor, which gradually widens. | | |Hills on either side, thick with | | |tamarisk, and cactus, &c. Huge | | |boulders on each side also | | |protruding from bed of khor. Pools | | |of water, with thick reeds here | | |and there, in which were many | | |teal; also many partridges, rock | | |grouse, and pigeons in khor. | | | _Tamanib_ | 6 | 224 |Unlimited supply, good running | | |water; fair camp ground; excellent | | |grazing; plenty fuel. Many cattle | | |grazing here. | | | | | |Road now leaves Khor Gwob and | | |turns to right; runs over low | | |ridges, with small khors between; | | |full of gazelle, ariel and hares. | | | | 10 | 234 |Hills cease, and a straight down- | | |hill run into Suakin, over plain