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154 WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
Dir. NE. by E., skirting the northern face of a rangc-
of reddish hills, and leading over level hard sand,
scattered with pebbles, and intersected by occa­
sional wadi-depressions.
175 25 Sileimi (Suleimi), altitude 4,053 ft. ; a desert village
among a few palm-trees ; camping-ground under
Jaul Sileimi.
Dir. ENE., over an undulating plain of pebbles, stones,
and hard sand.
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14 m. Enter narrow valley with water-course,
which track follows, crossing the water­
course occasionally.
208 33 Mustajiddah, village ; see above, p. 150.
[For the section from Mustajiddah to Ha’il (67 m.),
see Route No. 21, p. 150 f.]
275 67 HA’IL, town ; see I, pp. 384 ff.

ROUTE 23

MECCA—HA’IL

Authorities : For the section to Hathah, see Route No. 29. To Mustajiddah, the
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908, in which section the details of distance and
direction must be accepted with great reserve. From Mustajiddah to Ha’il,
Huber, 1877-9.
General Direction : NNE.
Distance : Crowfly, 435 miles ; road, 479 miles.
Character and Supplies : see pp. 45 ff.
w,
miles.
total, stages.
MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
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Dir. NE. by N.
[For alternative descriptions of the section of the
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route from Mecca to Hathah, see Route No. 29
pp. 173ff.; that of the Egyptian W. O. Itinerary
(145 m.) is here adopted.]
145 145 Htithuh (Hadda), wells in a valley, with sweet water at
about 48 ft. ; corn-fields and some date-planta
tions ; a few ruined (ja.'srs in neighbourhood.

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