| | |Khor Baraka, and is reached by | | |proceeding up a stony tributary | | |khor with occasional trees, a few | | |dom palms marking the entrance to | | |the khor. This point is called | | |Khashm Lwi (?); sides of khor 50 | | |to 100 feet high. The wells lie at | | |the foot of a mass of irregular | | |rocks, which stop further advance. | | | | | |The reservoir of rain water is | | |situated under the rocks, and is | | |reached by a narrow downward | | |passage which finally opens into a | | |subterranean cave. The entrance to | | |the cave is sufficiently high and | | |wide to admit the passage of two | | |horses at the same time. The | | |water, perhaps 6 feet deep, is of | | |excellent quality and most | | |delicious to drink, covering about | | |15 feet square, and taking up the | | |greater part of the cave. | | | Khor Farag | 3 | 48 |Three miles south of the Khor Saleib | | |Laiameib, the Khor Farag Saleib is | | |crossed. Here the Baraka forms a | | |lake in flood time. | | | Langeb | 3 | 51 |The entrance to the khor of that | | |name, which trends south-west from | | |here. | | | _Tebhateit_ | 12 | 63 |Good wells; ground hilly. Jebel | | |Haggr, 6,000 feet. | | | | | |(From this point Captain McKerrell | | |is the authority.) | | | | | |After Tebhateit (74 miles) the | | |track now runs on to east bank,