Water rather | | |salty, but drinkable and | | |clear. | | | Bir Kagog |22 11 0|35 16 0 |Small well in Wadi | | |Hasium, near its head. | | | Galt in Wadi Kirir |22 10 0|35 19 0 | — | | | Bir Sararat Serimtai |22 8 50|36 24 15 | — | | | Bir Mashushenai |22 8 30|35 49 30 | — | | | Megwel Aqwem |22 8 0|35 41 0 | — | | | Bir Guqub |22 8 0|34 27 0 |Galt and spring? Water | | |good but variable in | | |quantity. Was yielding in | | |1906. | | | Bir Salalat O Sir |22 7 23|36 19 0 | — | | | Ti Kureitra |22 5 50|36 46 40 |Four wells sunk in | | |gypseous strata near sea; | | |water strongly purgative. | | | Bir Egat |22 5 0|34 54 0 | — | | | Bir Frukit |22 2 0|36 36 0 |Well in Wadi Aqilhoq; | | |water good and plentiful. | | | Bir Himeitra |22 0 0|35 15 0 | — | | | Bir Qabatit |21 57 55|36 51 17 |Well in Wadi Qabatit, | | |1½ kilometres from sea; | | |water salty, but said not | | |to be purgative. -----------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------- [Footnote 113: Part of this chapter is taken from my paper on “Desert Water Supplies” in the _Cairo Scientific Journal_ for 1908 (Vol. II), pp. 234-242.] [Footnote 114: I except the tiny spring called Megwel Hamida, which is a mere trickle of very salty water.] [Footnote 115: Samples collected on two different dates; the figures show the variability of the water at the same well.] [Footnote 116: Not determined.] [Footnote 117: _Berichte der Commission für Oceanographische Forschungen_, Sechste Reihe, Wien 1898, p. 510.] [Footnote 118: Cf. the _Marah_ of the Israelites, Exodus 15, 23. “They could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore, the name of it was called Marah.”]