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226 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Ain Musa.fi, the first village of !A.la am
el-Hul. * 1
Two miles farther on Jab rat Anjud, the
last Alqam el-Hul village, is passed and the
country of the Beni Rizam section of the
Beni Malik is reached. The country is
fertile and well watered, and supplies ibha
with fruit.
7 m. Jebel Shay is reached. The mam road con­
tinues along the plateau. The road under
consideration turns off sharply WNW., and
plunging down the steep declivity of ‘Aqabah
Sha'r, after 3 miles reaches Sai, which is
the usual resting-place before beginning the
ascent.
The Beni Malik country ends near the
top of the plateau and Sai belongs to the A1
edh-Dhi’b section of theRabi'ah waRufeidah.
This is the beginning of the Wadi Tayyah
which joins the Wadi Ahabesh at Muha’il.
Going down the Wadi Tayyah through a
barren and arid valley, after miles
Karathah is reached.
8A m. Karathah, a resting-place for caravans.
Dir.NNW. Occasionally water.
2 m. Bara, as above.
24 24 M‘a Beirur, small village with good water.
This is the head-quarters of the A1 Harith section of
the Rabi'ah wa Rufeidah, a wild and lawless
collection of robbers. Some cultivation round the
village. Thence through desolate country.
°Lasdfah, where there are some shady trees.
o m
but no water. .
5 m. Was1 ah, as above. The A1 Nahyah section of
the A l Harith wander over this country.
Mandar Xakhlei'i, a small but perennial spring and a
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litf-le cultivation during the rains.
Sha'h el-A si a joins Wadi Tayyah ant
3 in. Wadi
forms the boundary between the Rabi'ah va
Rufeidah and the Beni Thuwwah.

Dir. WNW.