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ROUTE 31: WEJH—EL-'ALA 185

miles.
total. stages.
riic following is an Alternative. Route from Wejh to
El-'Ala, also based on native information :
Wejh.
Dir. NNE. up a wadi, with a few trees.
11 11 Rath. Continue NNE. up the same wadi.
29 IS Sirr, camping-ground, with a few trees in the vicinity.
Continue NNE.
43 14 Kazaz, camping-ground on NE. slope of Jebel eel-
Daghma ; wells and trees.
Dir. ESE.
61 IS Beidha, village on the eastern slope of the Hejaz coastal
range ; wells ; some date-palms and other trees.
Doughty describes Beidha as a ruined village, and
beside it a standing hamlet of tents of the Billi
tribe, who own a few palm-trees.
Dir. continues ESE.
S3 22 Sharafa ; a few trees are passed, here and there, along
the rest of the route.
103 20 Gazal (Ghazed ?).
123 20 Madiak (Madhiq ?).
143 20 Halawa (Haldwah ?).
154 11 EL-‘ALA, town ; see above, p. 1S4.
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The following Alternative Route from Wejh to El- Ala was that
followed, in the reverse direction, by Euting (1SS4) in just under
five days’ actual marching, his stages being retained ; as he gives
no detailed times and few indications of direction, it is only possible
to indicate the route by the names of the wadis, &c., traversed :
miles.
total, stages.
Wejh.
Dir. E. across the coastal plain, passing after 2 hrs.
the fort of Wejh on the Egyptian pilgrim road,
behind which rise the hills.
Enter Dhureib (Dhreib), a narrow ravine where there
arc water-holes.
Wadi Leilah ; camp in wadi.

After a day’s march, through monotonous country,
ascend a steep ravine.
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