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ROUTE 17: MA‘AN—MEDINA 136

Dist.., kui. | Alfc
Tofi-issra- ! Station.

i sometimes violently purgative,
but the water of underground
canals in Manshlyah gardens is
i
very good.
l For a description of El-‘Ala,
see I, p. 115 f. A track leads to
Wejh ; see below, Route No. 31,
5,.
pp. 1S4 ff.
From El-‘Ala onwards the
plate-laying, ballasting, and
earthwork of the line are all bad,
and the average speed in 1914
was only 15 km. per hour.
551-7 20-7 1,956 Bedcii Water. Loop-siding.
565 0 13-3 2,194 Meshed
576-9 11-9 1,924 Sell Matara
592-0 15-1 2,301 Qal:at ez-Zu- Water; four wells. QaVah on
murrad (or pilgrim road. Line then
Zumrud) crosses w-atershed (2,567 ft.).
604-3 12-3 2,301 BirJedid
622-3 18-0 2,171 Toweira
64S-0 25-7 1,475 Mudurij
665-5 17-5 1,264 Hadlyah Water ; eight wells. Station
for Kheibar ; see below, Route
No. 21, pp. 148 ff.
687-8 22-3 1,479 Jedaha
705-1 17-3 1,527 Abul-Na‘im Water. Four hrs. to Medina
by ordinary train.
721-0 15-9 1,719 Istabal ‘Antar
{Hareimil)
740-8 19-8 1,508 Buiveir Water-tower.
760-4 19-6 1,583 Bir Naslf
775-8 15-4 1,859 Boivat Village of Bowat about 12
miles to W.
796-4 20-6 1,861 Haflrah Water.
815-4 19-0 2,243 Muheid
MEDINA
830-3 14-9 2,096i Water. Station of 17 stone
buildings (single storied) ; turn­
table and sidings. For descrip­
tion of town see I, p. 116 f.

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