| | |the ground here is much cut up by | | |ravines and watercourses, covered | | |with dense bush, in fact might be | | |described as a regular jungle. | | |After passing this rough ground | | |the khor is again struck at | | | _Odwan_ | 4 | 31 |The khor here is in a channel 16 (meaning great| | |to 18 feet deep; the channel waterpot). | | |bifurcates, the old bed passing in | | |a westerly direction, the new | | |cutting for itself a passage in a | | |more northerly direction. Pools | | |here before the Baraka floods, | | |running water in winter. No | | |definite wells. On 16th July, | | |1894, the khor here was a rapid | | |stream, 40 to 50 yards broad, and | | |4 feet deep. | | | | | |Khor takes sharp bend to the west. | | |Bush on either bank very dense; | | |tamarisks and bushes bound | | |together with bright green | | |creepers. | | | _Tamatu_ (or | 6 | 37 |Fifty wells near west (?) bank of Tefadi?) | | |khor, 5 feet deep; water brackish. | | | | | |Route now goes along bed of khor, | | |good going, muddy soil with | | |patches of sand. Banks 4 feet high | | |and densely wooded. Four miles (?) | | |on, the khor is left, and an open | | |plain to the west crossed, covered | | |with scattered scrub, ground | | |generally stony. Spurs of Shaba | | |range extend to within half mile | | |of khor. | | | _Laiameib_ | 8 | 45 |Lies a mile to the west of the