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ROUTE 32: WEJH—MEDINA 1S7

miles.

total. stagos.
66 14 (41 hrs.) Mahaltat el-Malar.
93 27 (S£ hrs.) Mahaltat el-Akila.
114 21 (61 hrs.) Malialtat el-Faqd'ir.
137 23 (7£hrs.) Mahaltat en-Naqqardt.
145 8 (21 hrs.) Mahall el-Mabit.
165 20 (Ojrhrs.) Ab’ar Halwa.
177 12 (4 hrs.) Mahall el-Mabit.
197 20 (6^ hrs.) QaVat e-sh-Shuju1.
218 21 (61 hrs.) Mahall el-Milh.
236 18 (o|hrs.) Mahall ecl-Dakni.
246 10 (3 hrs.) Mahall el-Mabit.
260 14 (4£hrs.) Ab’dr ‘Othman.
264 4 (4 hrs.) MEDINA, town; see I, p. 116 f.
[The Indian Government Road Book gives the fol­
lowing details of a variant route from Wejh to
Mahattat el-Matar : Dir. ESE. For about 4 m.
the track crosses a bare stretch of sand and then
winds among hills. At 60 m. it crosses Wadi
Havulh, and, after skirting round a big spur,
reaches the village of Matar at 72 m.]

ROUTE 33

YAMBO‘—MEDINA

Authorities : Burton, 1S83, and Burckhardt, 1815 ; compared with Egyptian War
Office Itinerary, 1914, and Sadlier, 1819.
General Direction: ENE. ., ;T> ,,
Distance : Crow-fly, 119 miles ; road, 130 miles (Burton), 134 miles (Burckhardt),
or 151 miles (Egyptian War Office Itinerary), according to route traversed.
Burton gives actual distances between stages. Burckhardt givos times only ,
the distances given below (II) are only tentative, being computed from rus
times on a general basis of 2 m. per hour (mainly night marching).
Character and Supplies : see p. 50.
miles.
total. stages.
A. Burton’s Route
YAMBO; EL-BAHR, port ; see I, p. 114 f.
Dir. E. along the plain between Jebel Radhwah and
the sea ; there is no regular road, but a trodden
line over hard level desert, strewn with granite,