| | |sand; this is crossed after | | |marching 3 miles. On ascending a | | |slight ridge the sand hills are | | |left, and Khor Derudeb comes into | | |sight about 6 miles off, running | | |in a half-circle from N.E. to S.W. J. Tebilol | — | — |J. Tebilol, in the E., is also | | |sighted. The ground just before Khor Derudeb | — | — |coming to Khor Derudeb, as in the | | |low-lying parts of all these | | |khors, is cotton soil, but the | | |going is not bad. About 12 miles | | |from Bir Todabanob, Khor Derudeb | | |is crossed at a point called El _El Garud_ | 9½ | 61 |Garud, where there are rain pits; | | |these cannot be relied on for | | |water. The way now goes eastwards | | |for about 11 miles over a stony | | |plain, but good going on tracks, J. Tebilol | — | — |past J. Tebilol and Khor El Ashob. | | |There was very little water when I _Khor El | 10½ | 71½ |came here, but a violent storm Ashob_ | | |came on in the night and brought | | |down the khor; after such a storm | | |there is plenty of water, | | |sufficient, I think, to last for | | |four or five months. There was one | | |large pool of water, 40 yards | | |long, 8 yards broad, and 10 feet | | |deep. Plenty of shade near the | | |khor, and good grass on the banks. | | |The plain just before Khor El | | |Ashob is treeless; the going the | | |whole way is good. | | | Jebel | — | — |The road goes eastwards through Wararaweb | | |the pass of J. Wararaweb, but | | |there are several miles (3) of | | |cotton soil to pass first. The | | |pass itself is very stony, broken | | |ground and bad going for about 3