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114 CENTRAL ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
[Track lienee SE. to Quseibah town (see I, p. 373),
followed by Huber i n contrary direction. Thence
to ‘Ayun or Shiqqah (see below), passing TVathal.]
Dir. SSE. Sandy desert of Tarmus ; cross two low
ridges ; then flat desert; cross two ridges and
descend slightly, crossing sha‘ib with vegetation, to
96 28 Quwarah, village (Qasim) ; two settlements 1 m. apart
in small fertile basin ; many gardens, but poor ;
many wells, one-third of them brackish.

Dir. SE. Stony desert with sandstone outcrops, and
coarse bush in hollows ; in spring, thin grazing.
Sandstone cliff (jdl) gradually converges on left
and under its face comes in a track from Quseibab
(Route No. 6).

120 24 ‘AYUN EL-QASlM ; town; see I, p. 373. The following
stage corresponds with the closing stage ol
Route No. 6 ; see above, p. S6.
Dir. SE., down depression with jdl on left bearing awaj
ESE., groves and small settlements under it;
face visible 2-3 m. away. Sandy Sarah steppe
on right.
12 m. Qara'ah, village ; two settlements 1 m. apart
500 inhab. ; wells, 80 ft., brackish.
2 m. Salt lake, often dry.
1 m. Shiqqah, village ; 500 inhab. ; large groves
wells, 40 to 50 ft., brackish.
Gritty sand desert with sandstone outcrops
then soft nefud to
148 28 BOREIDAH, town ; see I, pp. 370ff.
Dir. SE. Through date-groves to
3 m. Khadhar, village, to right ; 250 inhab. ; wells
S to 9 ft.
3 m. Track to Aneizah leaves right.
[Dir. S. Through dunes.
2 m. Wadi Rummah, left bank. The trac!
crosses obliquely through palm-grov
about 1 m. long ; scattered huts,
2 in. Right bank. Then through nefud for 1 n

to outer wall of ANEIZAH town (see !
p. 372 f.), 160 m. from Ha’il.
From Aneizah, one long day SE, to Mudhni