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230 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
' £ m. Beidein, small village.
S 1 m. Feriq, small village.
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1 4i m. Makhshush, large village of about 400 huts.
66 18 Continue across country, cutting the main maritime
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84 18 Hali Point; see I, p. 144.
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ROUTE 52 •

MUHATL—BIRK

Authorities : Native information.
General Direction : SW.
Distance : Crow-fly, 51 miles ; road, 564 miles-
s Character and Supplies : see p. 54 f.

!ii miles.
total, stages.
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MUHA’IL, town; see I, p. 142 f.
ft Road goes over cultivated plain.
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» 9 m. A1 Musa boundary passed and Bahr Um
Sekeinah entered.
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1 m. Jebel Harraz to the west. Road descends
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: steeply through wooded mountainous country.
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8 m. Wadi Ra‘alah. Wells with limited supplv of i
!: . water.
* 2 el-Bahr, stone-built village; a large market is
held on Thursdays. Road passes through dhura,
dulchn, and simsim fields.
5m. Jannah, large stone-built village; continue
[• through cultivation.
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2 m. Mayddi, small village. Cultivation ceases :
road still descends through barren hills over
which the Latlm nomad section wanders.
After about 6 miles the Beni Hilal country
qi xr js entered-
2 Birk, fair-sized village, surrounded by a ruined wall ;
no cultivation except dates.