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IltuTE MECCA—BOR RID AH 161
2 25 :

miles.
total, stages.
357 30 Umm el-Masha1 ib (alt. 4,500 ft.), line of reddish peaks
with camping-place at foot ; no water.
Dir. NE.
384 27 Shi'ab, a hill with watering-place called Kebslidn. All
this district bears pasturage and a few trees ;
there is annual rain.
Dir. N. by E., passing at 13 m. wells of Gluxul or
Ghol, stone-lined, with good water at 12 ft. ;
good pasturage. The track thence passes W. of
•Jebel Minei'ah.
409 25 Farqein, a camping-ground under a small hill.
Dir. N. by E., passing over basaltic country to the east
of Jebel CJmr (Amrah), a conspicuous hill.
10 m. Rukkah, a square fort and brackish wells ;
thence the track descends gradually.
424 15 Kir, a halting-place under a hillock, N. of Jebel Khazaz ;
no water. Dukhnah wells (see below, p. 163)
lie 3 m. W.
Dir. NE. over rock-strewn plain.
9 m. Umm Teyyah, a few hovels and some water
and cultivation. The town of Rass lies
about 6 m. W.
449 25 Hejndwi, a few hovels ; fuel and grazing obtainable.
Dir. NNE.
469 20 Shabibiyah, small village ; see above, p. 160.
Dir. N., afterwards changing to NE.

4 m. Wahan ; enclosures in plantations and fields ;
water plentiful.
Continue NE. across desert.
477 8 ANEIZAH, town ; see I, p. 372 f.

C. Mecca to Aneizah: (Huber’s Route from Umm el-Masha:ib
to Shabibiyah)

MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
[For the section from Mecca to Umm el-Masha'ib,
see above, Route B, p. 160 f.]
357 357 Umm el-Masha!ib, camping-place ; see above, p. 161.
Dir. NE. by E. through very sterile desert, passing
Jebel Qaliyah, an isolated peak close to track on
r., and leaving Jebel Nir 6 or 7 m. to E.
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