| | |eminence, visible from some | | |distance. Nine wells here, water | | |good—never known to fail, 54 feet | | |down (July). Large herds of camels | | |and goats in the district. Thick | | |bush all round. | | | | | |Track now due south-east to Tokar, | | |surface hard and clayey, covered | | |in places with drifted sand; bush | | |3 to 6 feet high. Tokar signal | | |tower visible. | | | | 3 | 55 |Leave the bush, across level mud | | |plain to | | | _Tokar_ | 1 | 56 |Tokar, _vide_ Part I, Chap. III. --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- 5.—TRINKITAT TO TOKAR, _viâ_ TEB. BY CAPTAIN BOWER, I.S.C., AND EDITOR, JULY, 1896. --------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Trinkitat | — | — |The whole road from Trinkitat to | | |Tokar is passable for all arms, | | |and it is only when approaching | | |Tokar that the scrub about the | | |country becomes thick enough to | | |interfere with the action of | | |cavalry. | | | | | |For 2½ miles from Trinkitat the | | |road runs along a broad | | |embankment, on which for 1 mile an | | |18-inch gauge railway has been | | |laid down. After leaving the | | |embankment there is a sandy | | |stretch, and then about 2 miles of | | |narrow embankment just broad