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hour.
34 Henakiyah, many pools and wells (cf. p. 156).
40 After a sandy plain, Abie Khesheib ; good well
water.
52 Heimej, sweet and saltish water. [The ; Derah
of Hameej ’ passed by Sadlier.]
60 Mciicdt [ = Jebel Mawlyah V]; very good water;
in an inlet of the mountains.
76 Ba'jah [ = Bajir ?] ; trees and herbage, and wells.
% 79 Nefud [clearly not a place-name but a description,
nefud],
A plain of deep sand 4 hours long.
93 Jerddiviyah [ = Jirzawlyah], a plain with good
wells.
100 DJult [ = Udclas V], ‘ the first town of Qaslm ’.
105 Rass.]

ROUTE 25

MECCA—QASlM [ANEIZAH, BOREIDAH]

Authorities : Native information compared with Doughty, 1S78, and Huber, 1SS4
General Direction : NE.
Distance : Crow-fly, to Boreidah, 446 miles, to Aneizah, 437 miles; road, t(
Boreidah, 479 miles, to Aneizah, 477 or 49(5 miles, according to the rout<
traversed.
Character and Supplies : see p. 46 f.

A. Mecca to Boreidah (Pilgrim Route or Darb es-Sultani
miles.
total, stages.
MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
Dir. NE. by well-marked road, passing Jebel en-Nur
9 m. Leave the ‘ Haram ’ area ; the spot is marke<
by 2 posts, 25 yds. apart, known as th«
‘Alamein.
40 40 ‘Ain ez-Zeirtui, hamlet (alt. 2,250 ft.) ; water ; som
cultivation.
Dir. NE.
70 30 Seil, stream and considerable vegetation.
Dir. NE. Ascend steeply to Rl‘ es-Seil (alt. 4,950 ft.

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