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132 WESTERN ROUTES

Dist. km. Alt.
In t er­ Station.
Total. ft.
med.
span probably about 5 metres
each.
322-00 4-00 2,S9S Khamis Near the mouth of Wadi el-
Haraas. Bridge; loop-siding,
and blockhouse on E. of line.
No water; a few trees. The
hills on the left cease, and the
valley widens to 1,200 yards.
Line passes a number of acacia
trees (Jenein el-Qadhi), a few'
kilometres up Wadi es-Sani.
346-00 24-00 3,143 Dizucl Blockhouse on E. side of line,
and loop - siding. No water ;
some trees and bushes at the
end of Wadi es-Sani.
Thence up Wadi Mu'adhdham,
a deep curving wadi, with plent}7
of desert vegetation and some
! trees. Many sharp curves, one
of 128 metre radius.
369-00 23-00 3,1S5 Qal‘at el- Stone building on W. side of
Mu'adhdham line ; 1 loop-siding ; no water.
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(Mu'azzam) Old fort (no well), a few hundred
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yards from the station. Cistern
4 or 5 metres deep (capacity,
12,000 cubic metres) ; it was
> filled by a flood in 1907, and,
when so filled, its supply may
W.
last for some years. In a plain
about 1 km. wide, at the junc­
! tion of the w'adis. The hills on
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! the W. are smaller than those
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! valley to S. Poor encampment
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■ of Suweiflah Arabs. The place
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I is visited by Beni ‘Atlyah, Billi
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Aida, Shammar, Fuqara anc
Sherarat. It is the station fo'
Ha’ll, which can be reached
motor in one day.
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