| | |Skena due west, a cone-shaped | | |hill. Track leaves channel here | | |and runs along east bank, passing, | | |3 miles on, two stone pepper pots, | | |built by Dervishes. Bad going over | | |very broken ground, intersected by | | |watercourses, for next 8 miles; | | |then re-enters channel and reaches | | |four wells, water 4 feet down, and | | |some small rain pools, from one of | | |which two fish were caught. One Jebel Sotai | 9 | 118 |hundred yards on is Jebel Sotai on | | |west, and Jebel Adarkalab on east, | | |bank; latter swarming with grey | | |monkeys. These hills are about 60 | | |yards apart, and the rush of water | | |between them at flood must be very | | |great. | | | _Akiduli | 4 | 122 |Four miles on is a black rock, (Koliteb?)_ | | |called “Akiduli,” on east bank, | | |with figures of camels, men, and | | |ostriches scratched over it. Water | | |here also in pools and old wells, | | |in places only 2 feet down. | | |Further on is Khor Attai, with | | |wells; water good, and 4 feet _Khor Attai_ | 2 | 124 |down. | | | | | |Track now runs south, and hills | | |recede on either side; khor | | |widening to about a mile east and | | |west; channel 100 yards, and | | |shallow, lined with thick tamarisk | | |and bush. Thirteen miles on passed | | |several wells, old and new, and | | |later khor contracts and hills run _Kolik_ | 18 | 142 |down on either flank; reach Kolik. | | | | | |Jebel Koreb is seen here, a | | |landmark to the west. There is