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138 WESTERN ROUTE'

miles.
total, stages.
Dir. NE. by E., still over the Hisma, for 4 m., then
N. by E. for 3 m. ; Jebel M-ushraq on r.
7 m. Wadi S/uitdr (alt. 3,900 ft.), up which route
changing direction to NE. The
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Hisma now ends, and the lower slopes of
Jebel Shera are entered. In a mile or two
the track crosses a stony plain, 1£ m. across,
forming the first step to the escarpment
& (alt. 3,900 ft.)'.
4 m. Naqb Shcitdr, Pass, begins. Route follows .
an ancient road, about 10 ft. broad, winding
! upwards in the general direction NE.
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* 2 m. Jebel Shera, top of escarpment (alt. 4,G20 ft.).
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i . Dir. NE. down the gradual eastern slope, where there
is more vegetation, with grass in hollows,
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h m. Khirbat esh-Shatdr, and other ruins, passed on
I r. From this point it is f m. to end of stage.
I 56^ 211 ‘Ain Fuweilah, a good spring near a ruined tower, at
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head of Wadi Fuweilah. (Turkish military post
now (1916) reported at this place.)
Dir. NNW., keeping the wadi on 1.
2] m. ‘ Ain Abul-Lesel (Lisdnt),alt. 4,190ft.; springs
flowing into a masonry tank : water abun­

dant but insipid. About 200 yds. to WNW\,
ruins frequented by goatherds.
Dir. now nearly NE., with the Wadi Abul-Lesel on 1.,
through stony, undulating country said to be
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frequented by robbers.
: 4 m. Khirbat el-Mureighah on 1., ruins of a large
walled town on a hill, on the W. side of
which is a spring. Route keeps to r. of the
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Wddi el-Mureighah over a stony, but
cultivable tract.
6 m. After about 6 m. the country becomes sterile
and continues desert for the remaining 5 in.
i of the stage.
73£ 17J MA‘AN, station 'on the Hejaz Railway (alt. 3,435 ft.) ;
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see Route No. 17, p. 121.
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Dir. ENE., across extremely bare plain, or depression,
scattered with black basalt.
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: 254 TVuq (or Wuqba), several small well-pits from winch
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