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ISO WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
.
total, stages.
Sufdh; camp.
Track passes near two fantastically shaped hills named
Ghalab and Tenibbah, and traverses Wadi d-
;
Qudeir (Qdeir) and Jiddd es-Sedarah.
:
Cross pass of Tayt/ib Ism, ascending by a steep ravine
very difficult for camels ; after ascent of pass,
at Tayyib Ism. arc a few wild palms and flowing
water.
Enter Wadi Qumdlah (Qmeilah), and pass ilIeleihah,
in the wadi, where there is water.
l Wadi Ferri, a broad wadi, is entered and is after­
i wards left by a stony pass, Nuqrah (Noqrah),
which leads into Wadi Riba’ah.
: IIamir, in Wadi Riba'ah, about 3 hrs. from Meleihah ;
camp.
Track traverses Sha'ib Sherhut into Wadi esh-
* i Shillul, where there is a spring in a rocky cleft
known as Abu Hammddah.
Wadi el-Hamm ; camp.
After leaving the wacli, the track crosses a plain
with abundant camel-grazing into the broad
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Sha’ib Abu Billi (Beli).
Dir. E. through the Sha’ib Umm Hashlm, into the
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' } broad Wadi el-Jish, along which the track passes
northward to El-‘Ala.
T
s EL-‘ALA, town ; see above, p. 184.
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ROUTE 32

WE JH—MEDINA I

Authority : Egyptian War Office Itinerary of Pilgrims’ Roads.
General Direction.: SE. by E. J
Distance : Crow-fly, 236 miles ; road, 264 miles (S3} hrs.).
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Character and Supplies : see p. 49.
miles.
total. stages.
Wejli, port; see I, p. 113 f.
25 25 (8£ hrs.) Mahattat Umm Harm,
52 27 (81 hrs.) Khautla.
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