| | | | |the wells in the wadi, which | | | | |gives cleaner, though not | | | | |less bitter water than | | | | |before. The Arabs and | | | | |Berberi servants drink it | | | | |uncomplainingly, but | | | | |Europeans are advised to | | | | |avoid it if they can. About | | | | |10 miles slightly N. of W. | | | | |up the main Wadi Murrat is | | | | |the site of the Um Nabari or | | | | |Nabadi mine, now being | | | | |developed by the Company. | | | | |Road quite easy along the | | | | |wadi. | | | | | | | | 1½ | 35½ |On leaving Murrat fort the | | | | |track keeps down the wadi | 1 | 12¼ | 1½ | 37 |for 1½ miles, then turns off | | | | |to the left over somewhat | | | | |stony ground, and, crossing | | | | |a saddle and the head of | | | | |another affluent of the Wadi | 1¾ | 14 | 4 | 41 |Murrat about 1½ miles | | | | |further on, descends easily | | | | |into the basin of the Wadi | | | | |Dayob. Across slightly | | | | |undulating ground, aiming | | | ½ | 41½ |just to the left of J. Abu | | | | |Dayob, a rocky sand-covered | | | | |hill (with a pillar on the | | | | |top) which, though only 200 | | | | |or 300 feet high, stands up | | | | |well amidst its | | | | |surroundings, and turns down | | | | |the wadi past its northern | | | | |foot. | | | | | | ½ | 14½ | ½ | 42 |Along the wadi passing a | | | | |gorge about 50 yards wide; | | | | |wadi then turns rather to