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MS WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
OA m. The ncfud is re-entered.
4 m. Shabeikdn, brackish water, with sweet water
to N. of it. The track continues across the
nejud until after Qena.
6A m. Pass northern end of Jebel Dhalu.
257 29 Qena, small village. [For Miss Bell's route from Qena
to Ha?il round the northern end of Jebel Aja,
see Route No. 1, p. 69.]
285 28 HA’IL, town ; see I, pp. 384 ff.

ROUTE 21

HADlYAH—KHEIBAR—HATL

Authorities: Huber, Dec. 1S79, for the route (Kheibar-Ha’il) first described ;
Doughty, 1S77-S, for the alternative route ; and native information supplied
to Doughty, for the section Hadlyah-Kheibar. Neither Huber nor Doughty
actually went over this latter section, nor does it appear that any other
European traveller has done so.
General Direction : Huber’s route, ENE. to Mustajiddali, then almost due N. ;
Doughty’s, NE. by E., and somewhat the more direct of the two.
Distance: Crowfly, 231 miles; road, 276 miles by Huber’s route, 218 miles by
Doughty’s (Kheibar to Ha’il>. (The distances are computed from Huber’s
and Doughty’s maps, except in those stages where they are actually stated by
the traveller himself.)
Character and Supplies : see p. 44 f.

miles.
total, stages.
Hadiyah, station on the Hejaz Railway; see above,
Route No. 17, p. 135.
Dir. E. by N., up the Wadi et-Tubj or Wadi es-Silsilah,
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a tributary of the Wadi Hamdh.
29 m. (or about one day’s march), the Kheibar
Harrah (which takes 4 days to cross) is
reached. The Tubj valley is so narrow in
places that a camel-rider can scarcely pass ;
going very difficult in spite of the numerous
camel tracks ; in most of the abrupt bends
of the wadi are great pools of permanent
water, with thickets of reeds, or wild bottoms

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