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miles.
total- stages.
31 m. (1 hr. 10 ni.) Enter Kahalah, the first of the
valleys, or rugged defiles, penetrating the
interior of the chain ; along the route are
scattered acacia trees and some herbage.
4 in. (1 hr. 20 m.) Turn NE. along the Kahalah
valley, which here is known as Huleiqah.
7 in. (2 hr. 20 m.) Enter defile of Naqb el-Huleiqah,
and after crossing summit of pass, descend to
Suweiqah (1 hr. 20 min. from entrance to defile).
45 27 Suweiqah, open circular plain.
Dir. SSE. across plain towards lower range of hills.
2£ m. (f hr.) Entor valley of Mureihah.

5| m. (if hrs.) After traversing valley, cross pass
of Dheiqat es-Sa'lul into Wadi Sawawin.
31 hi. (1 hr. 10 ill.) Wadi Sawawin, a regularly
defined valley sloping rapidly to WSW.
Dir. NE. along the bottom of the valley ; the track is
difficult, being encumbered with huge stones
and detritus from the adjacent rocks.
101 m. Enter Naqb es-Sawdwin, a very steep pass at
head of valley.
11m. (1 hr.) Summit of pass is reached. The
descent from the watershed is gradual, the
land sloping gently towards the interior
desert. Descend into Wadi Rawlvan.
69 24 Wadi Raiviyan.
Dir. ESE. down valley.
3 m. (1 hr.) Turn ENE. and enter Hisma, a vast
plain of soft sand, bearing desert vegeta­
tion, with occasional patches of rocks and
stony soil, and a few isolated hills of red
sandstone. The plain is entered at Zawiyah,
a tract in its SW. corner, where a lateral range
of hills, Jebel Harrah,which forms its southern
boundary, branches out at an acute angle
from the Shafah chain.
q. Dir.NNE., following the side of the Jebel Harrah range.
6 27 Wadi ‘Uioeinid is crossed ; it is a ravine resembling the
dry bed of a torrent, and descends to the plain
of Hisma from the higher part of the range of
Jebel Harrah, in a NN W. direction, between hil-