| | |5 feet deep in the centre, will | | |probably last 2 months more. After | | |2½ miles from Umna Dunyin, J. | | |Hambolib is in sight, round which | | |the khor twists for about 3 miles, J. Hambolib | 2½ | 153½ |till the _wells_ called _J. | | |Hambolieb_ are passed. They are | | |filled up with sand, and only a | | |person who knew them well would | | |know they had ever existed. | | |However, I was told there is water | | |underneath; if so, a small fatigue | | |party could clean out the sand in | | |a few hours. I think Khor Langeb | | |joins Khor Araf just near here, | | |running due E. here. Dom palms, | | |tarfa jungle, and small quantity | | |of green grass on the banks. Five | | |miles up this khor, on left bank, _Bir Oshi_ | 4½ | 158 |is Bir Oshi, at mouth of small | | |Khor Oshi; the same remarks apply | | |to Bir Oshi as to Bir Araf. _Bir | | |Gabati_, slightly further on, I | | |was told is the same. There is, I | | |am told, water in _Khor Odi_, and | | |a big _pool at Areiwat_, and no | | |lack of water further on. On the | | |right bank on entering Khor Langeb | | |are some graves on a hill, said to | | |be the graves of Roman soldiers; | | |the Hadendoas are afraid of | | |opening them, though they think | | |there is treasure there. | | | | | |Bir Oshi is distant about 48 miles | | |from Bir Tisharam, this is owing | | |to the twists the khor makes, and | | |one is not able to leave Khor Araf | | |often on account of the hills | | |coming down close to the banks of | | |the khor and rendering the ground