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RO JTE 34 : AKABA—MECCA 195

miles.
total, stages.
Dir. SE. by S., winding over hills, past Sahu' Murmur.,
El-1 Aqabah, and Rikakat el-Hamu.
410 40 Mabat, or Nabat, among hills ; water.
Dir. SE.
435 25 Khvdheirah, between two high hills; many trees; no
water.
Dir. S.
460 25 YAMBO4 EL-BAHR, port of Medina; see I, p. 114f.
[Route No. 33, to Medina, leads off E.]
An easy track to the next stage.
505 45 Sagaifa, no water.
535 30 Afaza.
Dir. SE. by easy track, with trees and grass, but some­
times infested by robbers.
570 35 Rabugh, group of hamlets ; see I, p. 122.
[For the section of the route from Rabugh to Mecca
(127 m.), see above, Route No. 27, pp. 168 ff.]
697 127 MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
[According to the Egyptian War Office Itinerary,
the halting-places along this route between Wejh
and Rabugh are as follows :—Wejh, Mahattat
Umm Haraz, Their, lAqrah, Hanak, Hura, Nahl,
Khudeirah, YAMBO4 EL-BAHR (207 in., 66 hrs.,
from Wejh), Umm Zahla, Dhaba, Saqif, Qaa,
Meimunassi, Masturah, Rabugh (124 m., or
39 hrs., from Yambo!). According to this, the
distances for ‘Ali Pasha Mubarak’s route (giving
a total of 300 m. as against 331 m.) are rather
underestimated, on the 24 m. per hr. scale. But -
the 24 m. per hr. scale corresponds, roughly, with
the Indian Government Map (32 m. to the in.).]

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