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130 WESTERN ROUTES

Dist. km. Alt. j
Intor- Station.
Total. ft. ;
mcd.
the course of the large Wadi Ith 1
may be traced by the tamarisk
trees along its banks, This
wadi and Wadi Akhdhar occa­
sionally flood into Khabrat el-
Muhtatah.
261-00 28-00 2,743. Wadi Ithl Stone blockhouse on E. side
1 .of line, and loop-siding. No
water. Trees near the sta-
j
tion.
!
One km. N. of the station is
the longest bridge on this part
:■
of the line (143 metres) ; 20
arches of 6 metres each, strongly
: built, but only 4-50 metres high
to their crown, on piers 1-5
!
metres thick. Deviation easy.
! The wadi floods, sometimes
!
twice in a winter. There is an­
other bridge of twelve 2-metre
;
< i i culverts, shortly after.
i •
I i Guard-house
;
: The line continues between
I
the limestone hills, following up
l
;
i the valley on to a very broken
s
• • plateau, with bare hill-tops and
; deep sandy valleys.
r 2,944; Dar el-Hajj
•! 285-00 24-00 Loopholed stone station build­
K.! ing on E. side of line. One loop­
. :
siding ; no water.
Country continues very bro­
ken, with ravines cutting into it.
The line crosses Wadi Ghadai
f
(trees), about 7 km. S. of Dar
el-Hajj, and two other wadis, by
stone bridges.
296-00 11-00 3,084 Muslabghah Fortified stone blockhouse or
E. side of line ; 1 loop-siding
no water, Station lies in <
I
hollow.

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