--------------+--------------------+---------------------------------- | Miles. | Place. +-------------+------+ Description. |Intermediate.|Total.| --------------+-------------+------+---------------------------------- Kassala | — | — |On leaving Kassala, a N. by W. | | |direction is taken over flat, | | |sandy ground, intersected by small | | |khors running into the Khor El | | |Gash; many low trees of the acacia | | |tribe and the green-leafed kurmet | | |bush, but passage among them easy | | |in any direction. | | | Khor Debeloeid| 5½ | 5½ |A shallow khor, flowing from | | |S.S.W. to N.N.E. two miles on; | | |this khor is recrossed, flowing | | |westward; here the trees are | | |thicker and taller. | | | Khor Gamam | 3½ | 9 |A branch of the Khor El Gash, 20 | | |feet deep, 15 to 20 yards wide; | | |proceeding down the khor for ½ | | |mile the wells are reached. Banks | | |thickly fringed with high | | |tamarisks; bush very close. | | | _Bir Gamam_ | ½ | 9½ |Two wells; now 12 feet deep, 3 | | |feet diameter; water plentiful. | | |Many wells exist now in this khor | | |for about 2 miles N. from this | | |point. After winding about in the | | |bush for a mile, country again | | |becomes open; many open spaces | | |half-a-mile to a mile in breadth. | | |Direction N. A good deal of | | |cultivation here. | | | Gamam | 5½ | 15 |Formerly a large Hadendoa hamlet; | | |its site now marked by a stony | | |mound to the E. known as Habuba. A