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90 EASTERN ROUTES t

miles.
total, stages.
108 70 Qulban.
2h m. Thallat el-Ubeid, eminence on r.
Route now along a rough track called
Shiqayah on the E. side of the valley, passing
numerous ravines and water-courses for
12£ m. to end of stage.
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i 123 15 Riqa‘i, wells.
[For Riqa‘i, and the remaining distance of 2554 m.
: to Boreidah, see Route No. 9, pp. 91 ff.]
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: 3784 2554 BOREIDAH, town ; see I, pp. 370 ff.
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( ROUTE 9
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KOWEIT—RIQACI—HAFAR—BOREIDAH
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Authorities : Knox, 1906, and Shakespear, 1910, compared with native information.
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General Direction: SW.
Distance : Crow.fly, 290 miles ; road, 351£ miles.
Character and Supplies: seep. 31.

i miles.
total, stages.
KOWEIT, town; see I, p. 295f.
Dir. W. along road S. of Koweit Bay ; loose sand for
5 m., then firmer undulating ground.

20 20 Jahrah, village; permanent pop., 500; see I, p. 296 f.
Dir. SW. by S.
7 m. Dir. changed to WSW.
8 m. Ridge of Saddah crossed.
3 m. Descent into Shaqq valley.

I 40 20 Khabrat el-Fardq ; pool, usually without water except
after heavy rain.
Dir. S. of W., continuing along the Shaqq valley.
2 m. Shaqq depression left for district of Dibdibah.
7 m. General route to Qaslm entered, consisting of
6 parallel tracks through Dibdibah.
44 m. Khabrat Umm el-Hamir, where route ascends
a series of terraces, then descends again,
reaching Riqa'i in 3 m.