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miles.
total, stages.
11 m.Amsihaal (Mu-sahhal), rain pools; see above, p. 188.
6 m. Cross Wadi Kheif.
232 103 YAMB0‘ EL-BAHR, port; see I, p. 114 f.

II. Route from Jiddah to Rabugh, according to Shipley
JIDDAH, port; see I, p. 122 f.
Dir. N. by W., through a sandy plain devoid of vege­

tation. The route, throughout to Rabugh, is a r
mere track, worn hard in places.
30 30 Dahban, village of about 300 houses ; wells and supplies.
60 30 Qadhlmah, village of about 300 houses ; good water.
90 30 Rabugh, group of hamlets ; see I, p. 122.

ROUTE 36

JIDDAH (OR MECCA)—LITH—LOHEIA—HODEIDAH

Authorities : For the section from Jiddah to Sacdiyah, native information com­
pared with the Red Sea Pilot and Indian Govt. Map ; for the sections from
Mecca to Sa‘diyah, from Sa'diyah to LIth, and from Loheia to Hodeidah,
native information obtained by Col. R. A. Wauhope, C.B., C.M.G., C.I.E.,
1916, and Turkish accounts of the Ottoman campaign in Asir in 1911 and 1912,
compared with Burckhardt, 1815. For the section from LIth to Loheia, see
Route No. 53.
General Direction : SSE. to Abu ‘Arish ; then roughly S. to Hodeidah.
Distajice : Crow-fly, 488 miles ; road, 621 miles from Jiddah, 595 miles from Mecca.
Character and Supplies : see p. 51.
!
miles.
total, stages.
JIDDAH, port; p. 122 f.
Dir. S. by E. gradually diverging from the coast and
following the telegraph line.
23 m. Wadi Fatimah is crossed. i
Dir. SE., over heavy sand.
31 m. The route passes due E. of the two highest
peaks of Jebel Abu Shauk, which are distant
about 12 m. from the coast.
Dir. SSE.
kO S6 Sa'dlyah, good well; good grazing in the extensive wadi,
which belongs to the Al Jihadilah.