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208 WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages]
Dir. E., leaving the Wadi Kara and traversing the
hurrah.
125 10 Wadi Larimah ; camp at pool in wadi. Track continue.-,
over hurrah.
149 24 Wadi Raniyah (or Ranyah) ; the Sherif camped in the

upper course of the wadi, above the settled part
where the Raniyah villages of the Sebei: tribe,
with their date-groves, are situated. No details
are given of the following stage.
159 10 [No name given for halting-place.]
Dir. SE.
8 m. wells and running water in a wadi are passed.
179 20 Camp in Yuklub country.

Dir. S., over open semi-desert country without settled
inhabitants, to the Wadi Bishah in which are
numerous villages.
8 m. Nakhai‘, village.
4 m. Dowar, village.
197 18 Camp in Wadi Bishah ; for description, see I, p. 142.

The following is an Alternative Route via ‘Aqiq, based on data
given by Tamisier. His times, both for stages and totals, are given
in hours. No attempt has been made to compute distances in
miles, since, in a footnote to his description of the route, Tamisier
himself says that to ‘ use his table of times to this purpose would bo
valueless ; it only gives the length of time which would be necessary
for an expedition to cover the distance ’. The geography of the
district through which the route runs is confused.

hours,
total, stages.
TA’IF, town ; see I, p. 126 f.
Dir. E., passing at 1 hr. the country house of the
Sherif. The road goes up first over even ground,
then over a succession of hills.
5 5 Liyah (or Layah), village in a valley running ENE. to
WSW. ; it consists of houses grouped round
a hill, which is surmounted by a fort flanked b\
towers commanding the road. A stream attei
rain (running E.) and numerous wells furni>h
water for the irrigation of gardens and fields.
Dir. E. by S. down the valley, at tire end of "huh