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camping-places are optional, the stages are sometimes longer. The
mileage is registered in two columns, of which the injier refers to th^
stage, the outer to the total distance traversed ; inset figures give
the distance in miles from point to point. Measurements in kilo­
metres have been retained only for the Hejaz Railway, which is
constructed on a kilometric basis ; and in routes over difficult
country the time taken is sometimes added within parentheses.
An attempt has been made throughout to decide between con­
flicting authorities, but where that is impossible the information j
of each is given. Where native information only is available, as in •
the group of Asir Routes, distances must be regarded as not more
than approximately correct. Some idea of the varieties of country
traversed by the routes may be gathered from the plates at the
end of each volume.
Chapters have been incorporated on Meteorological Observations,
Hygiene and Disease, and Vocabularies. The most important
languages for Arabia are naturally Arabic and, in a far less degree,
Turkish ; for use in some of the towns and islands of the Persian
Gulf, Persian vocabularies and phrases have also been included.