74 BARBOUR — REPTILES FROM SINAI AND SYRIA [^vbl.'V ' 



March 24. Marched to Wady Wardan, over desert practically 

 the entire day's ride. 



March 25. Over desert plain all day, camping at Wady Ghar- 

 andal in afternoon, the site of the ancient Elim of the Bible. Here 

 we found no water, except one well six feet below the surface of the 

 Wady. Wyatt mentions taking both teal and pintail ducks at 

 this place during the Ordinance Survey Expedition. 



March 26. Camp was pitched at Ras Abou Zanimeh. 



March 27. A short walk brought us to the seacoast of the Gulf 

 of Suez. Crossed the wide sandy plain of el Markha. After this 

 the true mountain district of Sinai was reached. Camp pitched 

 this night at Wady Budra, several hundred feet above the sea level. 



March 28. We camped in lower part of Wady Feiran, at an 

 elevation of perhaps twelve or fifteen hundred feet. 



March 29. We reached the oasis of Feiran, an elevation of about 

 two thousand feet. At Feiran we collected until April 1. Here 

 there is a perennial stream running for about two miles through 

 a rocky canyon, with many palm and nebk trees. Mount Serbal, 

 probably the Mountain of the Law, rises 6759 feet directly south of 

 Wady Feiran. 



April 1. We camped only about four or five miles beyond the 

 head springs of Wady Feiran. 



April 2. We rode to Wady Selaf, at the foot of the pass of el 

 Hawi. 



April 3. There was a small shower of rain in the morning. At 

 the Monastery of Saint Catherine we were told that there had 

 been no marked winter rains on Sinai for three years. Camped 

 at the monastery on the afternoon of April 3. 



April 4. The temperature was only 35° Fahrenheit. We rode 

 south, camping near a mountain called Um Shomer, where we 

 hunted ibex on April 5, returning to the monastery on April 6. 

 Everything marked 'Monastery' was collected either in the garden 

 or within ten or fifteen miles of the monastery. 



April 7. We started for Akaba, camping at Wady Sa'al. 



April 8. Our road continued along Wady Sa'al; we camped 

 under the hill of Hajaj, Wady Kubibe. 



April 9. We made only a short distance, to Ain Abottea. 



