| | |through the sandhills, the route | | |re-enters the khor, being the | | |first point the khor is touched | | |since Temeren. The khor here is | | |about 50 paces wide, with a firm | | |sandy bottom, fringed by scrub, | | |though not of a dense character. | | | | | |There is also a track along the | | |west bank of the Khor Baraka from | | |Temeren to Langeb (Junker’s road), | | |but it is bad, leading through | | |thick bush and wood, and much | | |broken by numerous small khors. | | | _Debetawateb_ | 3 | 25 |Wells. About 35 water holes 5 feet | | |deep, situated close to west bank | | |of khor. Wells mostly together, | | |water brackish (April). The wells | | |are placed in what practically is | | |a gorge. The left bank rises in a | | |rocky hill from 150 to 200 feet | | |high, and gradually falls away | | |into a wide open stony plain, | | |which, with occasional rocky | | |isolated hills, extends to the | | |high mountain of Jebel Shaba. On | | |the right bank the hills are | | |higher, formed into numerous | | |peaks, the hills gradually losing | | |themselves in the Jebel Haina. The | | |rush of water down this gorge is | | |very considerable when the Baraka | | |is in flood; it is said to be of | | |such force as to sweep a camel | | |with ease before it. The hills of | | |this gorge would form a fair | | |position; though, perhaps, capable | | |of being turned by the west. Such | | |dense scrub approaches to within a | | |few yards of the south side of the