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( ROUTE 18 : AKABA—JAUF EL-‘AMR 141

: miles.
total, stages.
Dir. E. by S.
2.^-m. Masadd, a wall of rough-hewn stone'blocks
stretching across the wadi ; it is 8 ft. thick,
245 ft. long, and still stands 64 ft. high ;
the road passes through a gap. Pass
several lateral valleys.
4 m. Wadi Ruweihah comes in r.
4 m. Wadi Yitm here bears gradually to N. by E.
and the road still follows it over stony or
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sandy surface.
1| m. Abul-Heirah ; no water, but spring of ‘Ain
Matin 4 m. E.
9;}-m. Mezrata, a small plain, 1. of road.
27 27 Wadi Mudheifein, camping-place.

Dir. NNE. along the wadi. The route then crosses
diagonally the long narrow Hisma plain ; light,
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firm soil ; good going.
1 in. 'Ain Quweirah (Quheitrah), remains of a
j Roman fort on a hill, commanding the Hisma
plain ; a Turkish military post. Roads here
branch to Petra and Meda’in Salih.
4 m. Jebel Meheimah (or Hemebnah) passed. A
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small village of the same name lies 4 m. 1.
of road.
Dir. bears NE.
34 m. Jebel Mu-shraq (or Mesharaq) passed, and
Wadi Shatar (or Ishtar) entered.
6| m. Foot of Naqb SJiatdr, whence the track
ascends to the high plateau of the Northern
> ! Arabian desert.
24 rn. Summit of Naqb Shatar.
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■ •. • | m. Khirbat esh-Shatdr, ruins of a fort.
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| m. ‘Ain Fuiceilah, spring; ruins of a khan;
»> . Turkish military post.
534 264 cAin Abul-Lisdn, camping-place. Six spiings here
.• combine into a stream; the most important
water-supply in the district.
Dir. NE., through monotonous and uncultivated
country for some 10 m.
6 m. Khirbat el-Weidah, in undulating pebbly
country.

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