Sheikh El | 3½ | 60½ |The house stands on slightly Sebib’s House | | |rising ground. After passing this (Rest House). | | |the country continues to be broken | | |by small khors until after passing _Gemmeiza_ | 12 | 72½ |Gemmeiza, a good halting place, (Rest House) | | |but much bush hereabouts. | | | | | |The country soon becomes open and | | |level, and is covered with | | |scattered selem and sunt bushes. | | |The river is generally nowhere | | |more than a mile and half to the | | |west. | | | El Hagar | 14½ | 87 |Here there are rocks in the river | | |bed. | | | Khor El Fil | 1 | 88 |The going continues excellent | | |until reaching Khor Adarama which Khor Adarama | 8 | 96 |is about 1½ miles in width and is | | |marked by very thick scrub of | | |sunt, talh, and tundub, as well as | | |by the badly cracked cotton soil | | |indicative of standing water. | | | _Adarama_ | 1½ | 97½ |Adarama consists of a large number (Rest House) | | |of mud walled enclosures, | | |scattered over about ¾ of a square | | |mile of ground. These are almost | | |entirely deserted and mostly | | |ruined. With the exception of the | | |inspector’s house, camel corps | | |lines, and a few tukls, there are | | |practically no inhabited houses. | | |In the dry weather there are two | | |water pools in the vicinity, one | | |at the foot of Khor Adarama, and | | |another about ¾ mile higher up. | | |The approach to the river is easy, | | |but the bank shelves steeply to | | |the river bed from a height of