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ROUTE 49 : MUHA’IL—QUNFUDAH 233

miles.
total, stages.
3 m. Nakhl Ibn ‘Abd el-Qadir, small village with
a palm-grove. Cotton is grown here.
£ m. Hafeir, 100 good wells ; the main water-
supply of Qunfudah.
i m. Jinna el-A‘la, a small white mound.
106i 17 QUNFUDAH, port; see I, p. 143 f.

KOUTE 50

MUHA’IL—QUNFUDAH
(Sikkat el-Helawiyah)

Authority : Native information.
General Direction : NW. by W. i
Distance : Crow-fly, 72 miles ; road, 87 miles.
Character and Supplies : see p. o4 f.
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miles.
total. stages. ;
MUHA’IL, town ; see I, p. 142 f. [For details of the route
to Musabbah, see Route No. 49, p. 231.]
!
llim. Musabbah. I
Dir. almost due W., through hilly and well-cultivated !
i
country.
3 m. ‘Ain ed-Dureib, small village.
li m. Rdhah, a small village. Cultivation ceases,
and road descends abruptly to Wadi Hela-
wlyah and after 3 miles to end of stage.
■*■9 19 Ma‘mal Al Ikhleif, small stone-built village surrounded
by cultivation. The road passes from Al ed-
Dureib to Rabfat et-Tahahln territory; it con­
tinues descending through forest by the side of
Wadi Heldwlyah, which always contains water.
12 m. Wadi el-Ushir is crossed.
Dir. WNW.
-0 Hajar Al Ibn Mohammed, a camping-ground for nomads.
2 m. Zeradan, a camping-ground for nomads.
12 m. Radreihan, a camping-ground for nomads.
3 m. Markh, a camping-ground for nomads.