| | |of hills on the E. now terminates. | | |A sandy plain is now crossed; | | |scattered samr, etc. | | | J. Meiz | 5 | 243½ |A low conical hill is passed close | | |to the track to the E. 3 to 4 | | |miles to the W. in the range of | | |hills Arabs point out J. Maiz, | | |where _water_ is said to be | | |plentiful. | | | | | |For 2 miles stony ground, then | | |sandy again; track passes through | | |several groups of low detached | | |hills. At 254½ miles ground | | |becomes more cut up with khors, | | |and gradually ascends and becomes | | |very stony; the last mile into | | |Khor Siterab is a stony defile; | | |going very bad and in single file. | | |A sharp ascent into the khor. | | | _Khor Sitarab_| 16½ | 260 |A rocky khor 20 to 50 yards wide; | | |bounded by hills 40 to 60 feet | | |high on either side. In the bed of | | |the khor are great blocks of | | |granite, through the interstices | | |of which percolates water, which | | |collects in the clay bed of the | | |khor and forms small pools at | | |close intervals all down the khor, | | |averaging 15 to 20 feet long, 2 to | | |4 feet broad, and 6 inches deep. | | |Water very brackish, osher bushes, | | |a few tamarisks, shush grass and | | |reeds grow in the bed of the khor. | | | | | |From the khor a well defined track | | |runs all the way to Suakin. For 4 | | |miles ground is very stony and | | |broken; few sammur trees.