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100 EASTERN ROUTES

miles, miles.
tot. st. tot. 8t.
point to point between dusk and dawn.
The following longer approach to Hofuf is
:
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from the port of Qatif, instead of ‘Oqair :
QATlF, town ; see I, p. 307.
i Dir. S. by W. across low sandy plain.
6 m. Ldjam, walled village of 50 houses
in a detached area of cultivation ;
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good spring water. Thence for 20 m.
.
through the tract of Biyadh.
.1 26 26 Jidwa’i, 3 wells, 3 m. W. of the wells and camping-
>' grounds of Munifah.
i;
.» Dir. S. through Biyadh.
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5 i 16 m. Zughail, wells.
=* '
'!> 6 m. Abul-Hayyat, wells.
64 38 Abul-Hamam, wells, in SE. corner of the sandy
depression of Jauf, N. of Hasa oasis.
Dir. S.
87 23 Ghuweij, 2 wells ; in the Hasa oasis.
Dir. SW. by S. through the oasis.
: I' 8 m. Kanzan, camping-ground and well.
I
4 m. Kalablyah, village of 250 houses on
y
N. border of the irrigated area,
within a mile or so to the NW. of
the villages of Maqdam of 100 houses,
Haleilah, 300 houses, Qarah, 300
houses, Jabe.il, 200 houses, andTreibil,
50 houses. Thence through cultiva­
tion for 6 m.
105 18 HOFflF.]
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* Dir. W. by S. over gradually rising desert.
80 31 Wadi Fariiq, the halting-place marked by a solitary
acacia tree.
Dir. W. by S.
12 m. Summan entered.

50 m. Summan quitted. Route then crosses level
tract, Malsuniyah, for 3 in., to edge of
Dahanah, where a single cairn marks the
end of stage.
145 65 Rijm esh-Shuicei'ir.
30 m. To end of Dahanah.