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134 WESTERN ROUTES

JJist. km. Alt.
Inter- Station.
Total. ft.
mcd.
459-00 14-00 3,139 Abu Tuqah Ono loop-siding and block-
houseon E.side of line ; no water.
Very broken country, with iso­
I
lated pinnacles of red sandstone
and deep sand.
471-00 12-00 Mushim 1 loop-siding and blockhouse
.• • on E. side of line.
s. Line passes through a narrow
pass, skirting W. face of Mabrak
cn-Naqa‘. Fantastic sandstone
rocks worn by wind-blown sand.
No water; a few trees and
bushes. Descent into Meda’in
Salih plain.
496-00 25-00 2,538 Me&a’in Salih Loop-sidings ; large engine-
shed ; 3 stone houses ; 2 block­
houses and a water-tower fed
by a steam pump on W. side of
line. Water about 9 metres be­
low ground level. Repair shops,
and usually a military camp.

On the pilgrim road is a
qaVah, about 20 metres each
way ; in jts courtyard is the Bir
en-Naqa, 26 ft. to water. Noria
wheel filling cistern of about
2,000 cubic metres ; water
slightly medicinal. Encamp.-
ment of Fuqara Bedouins. In­
. K..
• v- teresting Nabataean tombs near
. ..
the line.
511-00 15-00 Wadi el- Loop-siding, and stone block­
Hashish house. (Intermediate distance
uncertain.)
531-00 20-00 2,213 El-‘Ala (el- Siding ; stone station build­
‘Ula) ing of two stories ; water-
tower, and blockhouse on W.
side of line, at place called
Manshlyah, 3 km. S. of El-‘Ala
village. The station well is

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