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MG WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
245 IS "Abeisah, ancient wells, lined with masonry, good water ;
Muqaq lies about 28 m. ESE. of ‘Abeisah.
Dir., generally, ENE.
286 41 Ileferah, 11 ancient wells, lined with masonry. The
track now passes round the northern end of
Jebel Aja to Ha’il.
326 40 HA’IL, town ; see I, pp. 3S4 11’.
;. •

The following is a second Alternative Route (Doughty) from
Teima to Ha’il, lying to the S. of the two routes already given.
miles.
total, stages.
54 TEIMA ; see main route, p. 143. Pass between .Jebel
Arbah and Jebel Ghaneim, ascending towards
desert ; presently keep parallel to edge of nefud.
121 67 Jebel Burd, some bad water in clefts of the mountain,
in waterlogged sand. Thence across sandy
plains.
151 30 Tharrai, a pool, perhaps not permanent. On fifth day

from Teima route crosses a pass, 4,500 ft.,
between Jebel ‘Iman and Jebel Kharam; track
known here as Darb Zillaj.
219 68 Beidha Nethll, watering-place of many wells, belonging

to the Bishr tribe in Nejd ; brackish water at a
depth of from 24 to 54 ft. ; cereals grown, but
there appears to be no permanent settlement, the
tribes coming here annually for the cultivation
/ and returning when the crop is harvested.
[An alternative route from Beidha Nethll to Ha'il
runs NW. to Jefeifah (50 m.), and thence by the
main route to Ha’il; see above, p. 144f.]
Dir. NE. at first, then N. by E., across a plain with
some crags.
249 30 Biddiijah, an outlying hamlet of four households in the
middle of a plain ; 2 wells.
Dir. NE. by a gradually ascending track.
24 m. Jebel Mukhtelif passed to r., and ridge of
Jebel Aja crossed.
281 32 Qasr el-‘Ashruwat, below eastern slope of Jebel Aja :

a village of the Beni Tamim ; clay-built houses

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