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NORTHERN ROUTES '(
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miles.
total, stages.
sional outcrops of limestone which take the form
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11 m. Bir Jureibiyah, 40 wells with plentiful supply
of water in winter ; dry in summer.
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124 23 Bir Ghubbah, four wells in a wadi, with water all the
year round.
1 Dir. SW. over gravelly and very level desert.
154 30 Bir Unsab, four wells in a wadi.
Dir. WSW. over similar country.
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9 m. The track descends a short steep hill.
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11 m. A similar hill is descended.
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14 m. Sha‘ib Awaj is crossed.
194 40 Bir Umm ‘Amarah, well.
Dir. SW. by W.
Shortly before reaching Leinah the track de­
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scends a steep cliff, about 150 ft. high, into the
valley of Leinah, a long depression about 10 m.
broad, running NW. to SE. and sloping to SE.
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On the N. it is bounded by the Hajarah with a
cliff about 200 ft. high; to the SW., above
another cliff about 150 ft. high, is the Nefud.
207 13 Leinah, camping-ground, with several hundred wells
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spread over an area of 5-6 miles ; abundant water
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at about 60 ft. The Darb es-Selman (see Route
No. 6, p. 84) is here crossed.
; Dir. SW. across the Leinah valley, and up a steep cliff,
about 150 ft. high, on to the Nefud, where the
going becomes more difficult. The route tra­
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verses rolling sand-dunes ; the interval between
their crests is rarely more than a thousand yards,
while the difference between the elevation of the
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crest and the trough ranges from 100 to 200 ft.
After rains the sand is covered with grass and
even in summer with dry grass. Acacia trees also
occur, and the 'arfaj bush, of which camels are
very fond.
240 33 Bir Beleghblyah ; camping-ground ; see above, p. 77.
From this point the route follows the Darb
Zobeidah (for 151 m.) to Hail; for details see
Route No. 3, p. 77.
391 151 HA’IL, town; see I, pp. 384ff.