| | |country becomes open, rough, and | | |sandy; the khor about ½ a-mile to | | |the right-hand side. | | | _Well_ | 1 | 15 |One well; good water. | | | | | |The route continues in a generally | | |southerly direction, passing | | |through sand dunes, covered with a | | |considerable growth of tamarisk | | |bushes sufficiently high to | | |conceal a mounted man. | | | | 1 | 16 |Khor Toshikh joins the Baraka on | | |the west bank; route enters the | | |Baraka. | | | | | |Here large khor also runs in from | | |the east, main channel now from 30 | | |to 40 yards wide, banks varying to | | |30 feet high. Natives say the | | |whole of this bit of country for a | | |mile west, and to Jebel Haina | | |east, is under water in the rainy | | |season. Tamarisk bushes line each | | |side, nothing can be seen from the | | |channel. | | | | | |Seven miles on, track leaves the | | |khor, runs west on a sandy plain | | |for a mile. Eleven miles on a | | |black hill 150 feet high runs from | | |west bank half across the khor. | | | | | |The hill of Haina runs down to top | | |of channel on east side; a narrow | | |gorge is thus made, through which | | |the rush of water at flood is very | | |great. When it is a very high | | |flood, a channel is also formed | | |round the west side of the hill.