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scattered bush -jungle, bushes about sixty yards 

 apart with occasional more open patches. Broad, 

 firm, sandy track, easy going; good camel grazing 

 through most of the year; grass on plain between 

 Adaleh and Oonoonoof, south. 



6th March. — Twenty-five miles. After about 

 seven miles the road enters an open plain called 

 Thoio, about eighteen miles across from north to 

 south, and stretching to the horizon east and 

 west. Plain covered with grass all the year 

 round. No water. Halt south end of plain. 



7th March. — After leaving Thoio, road enters 

 bush-jungle similar to that between Oonoonoof 

 and Thoio. Halt at about twenty-five miles 

 near Garodi which lies about three miles west. 

 Good grazing for camels, and fair grass for 

 horses. No water, south. 



8th March. — Bush gradually gets thinner and 

 road passes through several large open spaces. 

 Halt twenty-five miles in open plain called Bibel ; 

 good grass, no water, south. 



9th March. — Road passes through alternate 

 patches of dense bush and open plain, grass 

 higher and bush patches denser than before. 

 At twenty-four miles enters slightly undulating 



