| | |It has been lately opened up, and | | |has a good supply of water, and | | |Arabs were living here (March, | | |1902). There is little shade to be | | |had on this road until after Khor Ebret | 20 | 237 |passing Khor Ebret, when kurmet | | |and other green trees and bushes Khor Gash | 5 | 242 |become numerous. On nearing the | | |Gash, signs of cultivation appear. | | | _Tukruf_ | 1¾ | 243¾ |Many wells in bed of Gash; | | |unlimited supply of water. | | | Kassala | 2¾ | 246½ |Destination. ANOTHER ROUTE MAY BE TAKEN FROM GOZ REGEB _viâ_ ASUBRI TO KASSALA. _Goz Regeb_ | 179 | 179 |The track ascends to the plateau | | |and follows the edge of it, | | |leaving the river several miles to | | |the west. There are several | | |meshras, all of which, however, | | |are almost impossible to find | | |without a guide. | | | _Meshra Um | 30 | 209 |This meshra is somewhere about Bereika_ | | |half-way. | | | _Asubri_ | 35 | 244 |Good meshra and shade. | | | | | |About 5 miles after leaving the | | |river for Kassala, the road from | | |Suweihil joins in, and rather | | |thick laot and kittr bush is Goz El Handal | 8½ | 252½ |traversed till reaching Goz El | | |Handal, an open gravelly plain | | |with short grass extending for | | |about 2 miles From here to | | |Umsiteiba there is little bush. | | | Umsiteiba | 13 | 265½ |A place where water stands in the | | |rains; not much shade. | | |