| | |miles distant from Adarama. The | | |direction is then eastwards | | |through a succession of valleys | | |shut in by low sand hills running | | |N. and S. about 3 miles by 3 | | |miles. One valley, just before | | |entering the Hegerib Plain in _Bir Kerikun_ | 15 | 35 |which Bir Kerikun lies, is full of | | |bushes and is cotton soil, but not | | |bad going; there must be a good | | |deal of water all over this | | |country in a good year, but it is | | |quite dry now. There is no grass | | |for horses the whole way; the | | |going is good, but a little heavy | | |over the sand hills from one | | |valley to another, and also, | | |except just when entering Wadi | | |Hegerib, 3 miles before reaching | | |Bir Kerikun. | | | | ¾ | 35¾ |On leaving Bir Kerikun, march N. | | |about ¾ mile to get over the low | | |sand hills, the way then goes E. | | |and slightly N. The road winds a | | |little when passing over the sand | | |hills to get out of the valleys, | | |which are exactly similar to those | | |about 12 miles before Kerikun, | | |except that there are more selem | | |or samr bushes in them, which give | | |a fair amount of shade. Just | | |before entering Wadi Todabanob | | |there is a valley which the Arabs | | |told me is capital grazing in a | | |good year. | | | Khor Shanfaiet| — | — |Khor Shanfaiet comes in at the | | |S.W. corner of this valley. Large | | |graveyard of Shebodinab Arabs | | |here. Going good; sand a little