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120 CENTRAL ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
village built on both sides of the sha‘rib (65C
inhab. ; large groves ; wells, 40-70 ft.).
Cross spur to
128 IS ‘Audah, village; 1,000 inhab.; large groves ; wells 75-
120 ft. Last settlement in Sedeir to southward.
[Hcnco a more direct, but comparatively waterless,
/ * track rims due SE. to, 118 m., Riyadh. This
& was followed by Shakespear, 1914. It goes dowr
centre of Toweiq plateau to, 18 m., Sha'Ib el-‘Ajsh
(pronounced locally Cite), and, IS m., Ha-si village
(150 inhab. ; fort, wells). Then over very bare
country, with Toweiq ridge right and ‘Urmah clifi
left, two days to, 56 m., Qasr Banban (30 inhab. ;
wells, and a little cultivation). Thence by Sha-
mdsiyah and down sha‘ib to, 26 m., Riyadh.

Dir. S. to, 15 m., Sha'ib el-‘Ajsh, crossing high plateau
Cross wide valley with rocky outcrops and bust
vegetation, and ascend to Thahaj (or Tahij'
plateau, turning SE. ; bushy steppe with telh
scattered about.
155 27 Thadiq. (pronounced Thddij or Thddich), town ; see I
p. 359.
Dir. SSE. up wide sha'tb with plain on left.
7 m. Turn E. and ascend to high plateau witl
Toweiq ridge on right.
17 m. Descend into Wadi Wutar and keep on SE. tc
182 27 Hareimlah, town ; see I, p. 359.
Dir. S. across wadi to scarp of plateau.
5 m. Ascend plateau, bare, stony, and keep on ovei
it for 2 hours. Descend to
198 16 Sedus, tovfai; see I, p. 35Sf.
Dir. SE. ; ascend plateau again ; cross watershed anc
V descend long sha'ib to Wadi Heisiyah-Hanifah
and through ruins and gardens to
223 25 ‘Ayeinah. [See Route No. 15, p. 117.]
252 29 RIYADH, town ; see I, p. 357 f.

[Eor the alternative route ivom Boreidah to Riyadh vi;
Shaqrah (235 m.), see Route No. 15, pp. 114 &.]

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