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198 WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
[The following is the route from Mecca (60 m.),
which joins that from Jiddah at Sa'diyah. It
should be noted that Burckhardt mentions a
route, which starts S. by W. from Mecca and,
passing W. oiJebel Thor (5 m.), arrives at Huseinl-
yah, 8 m. farther on; according to the Indian
Government Map, this would be the route fol­
lowed from Mecca to Beidha. The route below
is that given by Col. Wauhope.]
MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
Dir. S.
16 m. iUkeishiyah.
20 m. Beidha, good wells ; the inhabitants arc
of the ‘Abadilah clan of the Ashraf.
Dir. generally S.
24 m. Sa'diyah (60 m. from Mecca) ; see above
m. 86 of route.

Dir. S., gradually bearing SE.

106 20 Wadi Khadhra, occupied by the Shi:bah (orSha'bah), a
branch of Hudheil tribe; there are good wells in
the wadi. ,
Dir. SE., parallel to the coast.
126 20 Beit Hadddiyah, in Wadi el-Ghala in the country of
the Zanabihah.
Continue SE.
4 m. Wadi el-Ivhurkhan is passed.
138 12 Lith, village; see I, p. 123. Camp at Bir el-Kaldbiyah.
a short distance east of Lith.
[For the section of the coast-road through Asir,
from Lith to Loheia (399 m.), see below, Route
. No. 53, pp. 237 ff.]
o37 399 LOHEIA (or Lahiyah), port; see I, p. 173. The first stage
of the track from Loheia to Hodeidah retraverses
the road to Zohrah, the last stage of that from
Lith (see below, p. 242 f.): it is therefore given
here in the reverse direction :
General dir. nearly E., at first across the klutbt.
passing a small Turkish guard-house.
6 m. Xaseyyib (or Xaseib), where are wells which
supply Loheia ; they are unlined, and new