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ROUTE 5 : NEJEF—HA’IL 83

miles.
ofcal. stages.
87 55 Bir Samit. group of 8 wells, which in Feb. 1910 supplied
about 1,000 men, but not their camels. Here
route from Kerbela joins.
Dir. S. through Hajarah. At about 15 m., well of
‘Ashuriyah passed 3 m. to W., and, a few miles
farther, wells of Slqal 3 m. to E.
125 38 Musheiqiq, cisterns, not to be relied upon after May. [From
here a track goes off SE. via wells of Lifah (24m.)
and Lughatan (43 m.) to Birlcat el-Jumeimah on
the Darb Zobeidah, a total distance of about 90m.]
Dir. SW. Route traverses low sandy plain, Maja-
mir, strewn with sand-hummocks, then crosses
Wadi Hisb and re-enters Hajarah desert.
198 73 Bir Hazil, a group of 100 stone-lined wells scattered over
a depression about 10 m. in circumference. Fairly
constant water at 60 ft.
Dir. SW. by S., still over Hajarah. About m. 42 a
ridge of sand, Ed-Dahanah, crossed in 14 hrs.,
and a region called Hamdtiyah traversed, where
water is sometimes found in cavities of limestone
rocks. 3 hrs. beyond begins a tract of firm sand,
and 4 hrs. farther, softer sand. After 3 more hrs.,
Jebel Seilah, a low range of sandstone hills, is
passed ; Route No. 2 (see above, p. 71) is crossed
here. The end of the stage is reached in 4 hrs.
293 95 Bir lAtwa, a stone-lined well, said by Wallin to be 300 ft.
deep.
Dir. SW. by S., across nefud, which ceases an hour
before reaching Bir Tayyim.
>32 39 Bir Tayyim, a deep hole in the middle of the Khattah
plain.
Dir. SSW. for 3£ hrs. through the plain, after which
a low sandstone ridge, Jebel Qaisi, is crossed. ;
On through sandy desert, known as Daqqi.
58 26
Jadhdmiyah ( = Jeithaniyah, p. 82), small village with
water ; dates and cereals cultivated. 5
Dir. S. by W. At about 9 m., Waqid, small village of
40 houses, with wells, water at 50 ft. ; small date-
groves ; thence 3 hrs. to end of route.
T7 19
HA’IL, town; see I, p. 385f.

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