| | |depth about 20 feet, and produce | | |plenty of water of a brackish | | |nature. Another account (1897) | | |says two wells, close to fort; one | | |well only used, good water 50 feet | | |down. The khor here is about 80 | | |paces wide, with low banks, and is | | |comparatively bare of trees. | | |During the floods of the Baraka, | | |these wells are flushed, the water | | |being thick and impregnated with | | |alluvial mud. The country on the | | |left bank is open and stony, and | | |remains so until the line of the | | |Jebel Shaba hills is reached. To | | |the right bank of the khor a | | |certain amount of cultivation | | |exists, which increases in amount | | |as the Tokar delta is reached. | | |Heina range visible to south. | | | | | |Jebel Shaba lies 26 miles W.S.W. | | |of Temeren; track to it clearly | | |marked over stony plain by | | |occasional stone heaps. Contains | | |grass, ravines, shrubs, and | | |_numerous pools of water_ (July); | | |one large deep pool at foot of | | |hill containing water all year | | |round. Good look-out post in all | | |directions. | | | | | |The route, after leaving Temeren, | | |bears for a mile or so south-east | | |to avoid the numerous sand dunes | | |and drifts lying close to the | | |right bank of the khor, and then | | |changes southwards. | | | | 2 | 14 |A belt of considerable bush is now | | |passed through, after which the