| | |be rock _cisterns with water_; | | |supply said to last from rains to | | |rains. | | | Khor Ossir | 5 | 206 |Flowing S.W. Runs into Khor | | |Langeb. | | | El Fogani | 2½ | 208½ |The same khor is recrossed, | | |flowing S.E. Good grazing along | | |and in this khor. | | | | | |Direction N.N.E. Ground still | | |rising gently; sandy, with | | |tamarisks bushes and samr trees, | | |very stunted, 4 to 5 feet high. | | |Some marakh and araag trees. | | |Occasional belts of stony ground. | | | Watershed | 16 | 224½ |Top of the watershed is reached; ½ | | |mile to W. is a low stony mound, | | |50 feet. Ground now falls from J. | | |Shaba range towards the western | | |hills. | | | Khor Shenkerat| 5 | 229½ |Three to four miles to E.; in the | | |hills are said to be _rock | | |cisterns_. The old telegraph | | |maintenance post is under the | | |hills. Ground now becomes very | | |stony, falling towards the W. and | | |N.; in the shallow depression | | |between the flat spurs are | | |Abyssinian aloes. Three miles on | | |ground becomes more sandy, and | | |samr, marakh, and some laurel-like | | |bushes are passed through, | | |becoming thicker as the khor is | | |approached. | | | Khor Ossir El | 9 | 238½ |Fifty to one hundred yards broad, Tahtani | | |5 feet banks; flows N.E. The range