| | |heavy across the sand hills. No | | |grass fit for horses. On entering _Todabanob_ | 13¼ | 49 |Wadi Todabanob the wells lie at | | |the foot of a sand hill. They are | | |about 8 in number (though there | | |are others quite filled up in | | |other parts of the valley); three | | |only of these are open, and two of | | |these only had water in them; they | | |are unlined. They were:— | | | | | |Depth to water 14 feet. | | | | | |Depth of water 2½ feet (approx.). | | | | | |Circumference 3¼ feet. | | | | | |I got about 3 camel fantasses full | | |out of them. I have now learnt | | |from three sources that it was, as | | |I suspected at the time, only rain | | |water from the shower two nights | | |before. They are now almost dry. | | |Excellent shade in Todabanob from | | |large sayal trees; no grass; must | | |be swamp in a wet year. No Arabs | | |at all on the route. Wadi | | |Todabanob runs N. and S. Khor | | |Derudeb comes in at S. E. (about). | | | J. Sanai | — | — |After passing eastwards over the | | |sand hills leading out of Wadi | | |Todabanob, J. Sanai comes into J. Ararab | — | — |view in the E., and J. Ararab to | | |S.E.; after a switchback course of | | |about 2½ miles over the sand hills Wadi Shakauni | 2½ | 51½ |the road drops into Wadi Shakauni, | | |half of which is covered with | | |withered Tabas grass, and a little | | |green grass, tundub bushes, and | | |Senna, the remaining half barren