| | |water. Then track leaves khor and | | |crosses west on to a wide, fairly | | |open, sandy plain. Long range of | | |black hills on east, running with | | |khor, country west much more open | | |and hills far away. Six miles on, _Khor | 6 | 148 |cross Khor Tamaguanti, running Tamaguanti_ | | |south-west, which is lined with | | |dom palms, has an old well with | | |good water, and a few inhabitants. | | |Track continues over plain passing | | |“Mala” of Sheikh Abu Tahir, who | | |was head of the Hadendoa tribe in | | |Mohammed Ali’s time. Here there | | |are between 200 and 300 graves; | | |plain is covered with coarse grass | | |and acacia. | | | _Khor Lokweb_ | 11 | 159 |Track now leaves Khor Baraka and | | |enters Khor Lokweb, a large khor | | |running into the Baraka from the | | |south-west; channel, lined with | | |any number of dom palms, 100 yards | | |wide; banks 15 to 20 feet high. | | |Two good wells here, water 5 feet | | |down; track continues in khor, | | |direction south-west, for 2 miles | | |and comes to two new wells, water | | |6 feet down. Then leaves khor to | | |avoid heavy sand, and runs | | |parallel to it on west bank, but | | |here also going is bad, over very | | |broken ground covered with bush. | | |Eight miles on track runs over | | |rocky ground, two hills appear on | | |both flanks. Sixteen miles on | | |passes old stone house on hill to | | |left and shortly after re-enters _Khashm El | 19 | 178 |Khor Lokweb at spot called Khashm Kawab_ | | |El Kawab, where there were two | | |wells, water 3 feet down, slightly