| | | | |obtained for small parties | | | | |from station supply. Some | | | | |“selem” bushes give firewood | | | | |and a little grazing for | | | | |camels. No inhabitants | | | | |except railway staff. No | | | | |supplies. | | | | | | | | | |Is the base of the staff of | | | | |the Egypt and Sudan Mining | | | | |Syndicate now developing Um | | | | |Nabari or Nabadi mine. | | | | | | | | | |The track, now pretty well | | | | |marked, makes straight for | | | | |the N. end of J. Keheli, | | | | |after rounding which it | | | | |makes for J. Mindara, | | | | |keeping a couple of miles to | | | | |the N. of it. Road | | | | |practically level and mostly | | | | |good trotting surface, | | | | |though sand a little heavy | 7 | 7 | — | — |in places. | | | | | | 3¼ | 10¼ | — | — |Road crosses a low saddle | | | | |and descends into one of the | | | | |branches of the Wadi Murrat, | | | | |amongst a lot of low tangled | | | | |hills. After following the | | | | |wadi for 300 yards or so, | | | | |another saddle is crossed to | | | | |cut off a bend, after which | | | | |the wadi is followed till it | | | | |joins the main wadi, just | | | | |before the fort of Murrat is | | | | |reached. | | | | | _Murrat_ | 1 | 11¼ | — | 34 |The engineer of the Egypt | | | | |and Sudan Mining Syndicate | | | | |has fitted a pump in one of