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RO? :E 9: KOWEIT—BOREIDAH 91

miles.
total, stages.
9fi 56 Riqa‘i wells, scattered in a hollow; water not always
found in hot weather.
Here the route joins that from Zobeir (see
Route No. 8, p. 90).
Dir. SW. along the Batin, crossing 3 dry ravines.
9 m. Well.
6 m. Well.
m. Two groups of mounds called Dharabin.
4£ m. Qulban ; traces of old well. ;
9"m. Qasr el-Ballal, ruinous walled enclosure, 90 ft.
square, with door to S.
154-| 58£ Hafar; group of wells near the point where the Dibdibah
country is left for the Dahanah. There are 40
wells in the bed of the Batin, which here forms a
circular plain some miles in diameter. Wells lined
with masonry, but only about 10 have water,
reached at average depth of 150 ft. At Hafar, two
water-courses, Fuleij esh-Shamdliyah and Fuleij
el-Janubiyah, enter the Batin.

[Here an Alternative Route from Koweit via Abul-
Hiran comes in ; see below, p. 93 f.]
Route continues along the Batin.
6f m. Haleibah, with sidr bushes.
9J m. Two valleys; beyond these are two hills
(known as Fiwdn) between which the
Batin runs.
10 m. At 1 m. to E., Burj esh-Sherif. The Batin
narrows here ; sidr bushes.
6| m. Umm el-Hashiyah. i
1£ m. Gasa; traces of stone buildings and
wells.
The sides of the Batin are now steep, like
cliffs.
m. Burj Umm el-Hashim.
5 m. Batin bends to left; Sha'ib Mithyah to NW.
24 m. Umm el-Awajil; Batin still steep-sided and
narrow.
2^ m. Old well and buildings.
3|- m. Mesjid Ibn Rashid.
3£- m. 3 deep wells, probably containing water ;
traces of buildings.