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ROUTE FROM SII AUG AII TO
brymee.

CAPTAIN HAMERTON’S ROUTE (ABRIDGED), IN JANUARY
18-10,
FROM
SHARGAH TO BRYMEE.

Names. Hours. Direction,
Remarks.
Shargah 3 S. by E, A spot on the desert, having a well with good water, and
to
Fellah. three large trees, but no houses or tents whatever/ No
trace of a road.
Bir Mo­ 10 SSE. The ascent the whole way was very gradual, over sandhills.
hafiz.
No forage whatever. A fine well.
Ghureef. H The roac An old ruined fort, in the midst of thick babool jungle,
tortu­ having several wells of. good water. Formerly be­
ous, S.
by E. & longed to the Shuamis of Brymee, who were driven out
SSE. about fifty years ago by the Beni Kaab or Chaab. At
present occupied by the Beni Kuttub Bedouin Tribe.
Good forage in the cold season for camels.
Gibul 6J Ditto. A high peak, so called in the country of the Beni Kaab.
Yiff.
The track from Bir Mohafiz over hard sandhills: on its
right babool jungle ; some of the trees of considerable size.
Brymee. 13 S. The road very heavy, over and winding round the base of high
hills of sand, in many places so steep that the camels could
not ascend or descend. At seven and a half hours (from
the time of starting) entered a third range of hills, and an
hour after descended into a beautiful valley (called ITur-
mullioh), covered with wheat fields, just coming into ear
(the property of the Beni Kaab). In the valley were two
large towers, called Kohecl and Jiburee, for the protection
of the cultivation.

Brymee.
Brymee is a town of considerable size, built of sun-dried bricks, and
surrounded by a wall constructed of similar material; but the greatei
part of the town is represented to be in a dilapidated state, and the wall
a perfect ruin. On the south side of the town, however, in an open
plain, is a fort, nearly square, surrounded by a dry ditch, about twenty-
four feet wide, inside of which is a wall, about eight feet high, or t ie
protection of matchlockmen while defending the ditch. About t irty
feet distant, and inside of this wall, is the fort wall, about fourteen ee
in height, and five in thickness at the base, and at the top only elt> een
inches or two feet. It has round towers at the angles, but ill constru ,

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