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ROUTE .33 : LlTH—WADI ‘AIN AND LOHEIA 239

miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Ta'.shar, village.
4 m. Saldmah. village.
272 20 Sabia (Sablyah), town; see I, p. 143.
289 17 Abu ‘Arish, town; see I, p. 143.
Masarihah territory is entered.
311 22 Samtcih, village. ! '
Beni Marwan boundary is passed.
4 m. ‘Aliyah, village.
336 25 Haradh, a small town.
3 m. Baheis, situated about 2 miles west of road ;
wells.
8 m. Wadi Heirdn, the boundary between Beni
Marwan and Beni Hasan, is crossed.
4 m. Wadi Habl, separating the Beni Hasan frorn^
the Beni ‘Abs, is crossed.
3 m. Suq Himari, a large village.
361 25 Wadi ‘Ain, the boundary between the Beni ‘Abs and
the Wa'zat and also the southern frontier of the
Idrisi, is crossed.
Road continues on towards LOHEIA (38 miles,
see below, p. 242 f.), and HODEIDAH (see above,
i
p. 198 f., Route No. 36).

The following is an Alternative Route from Lith to Loheia:
miles.
total, stages.
Lith, fishing-village; see I. p. 123.
Dir. SE.
27 27
Bir Bakhta in Wacli Shaqah esh-Shamlyah, or the
north Shaqah Wadi ; 2 wells and running
water in the wadi ; a good deal of cultiva­
tion of dliura and dukhn, and tamarisk jungle on
the banks. The inhabitants are Dhawi Hasan.

Continue SE., through the country of the
Dhawi Hasan.
48 21 ‘ Aleib in the south Shaqah Wadi, which contains

running water.
Continue SE.
Cross another large wacli which comes from
Jebel Shadi in the Zahran country, a fertile
district where much coffee and fruit are grown.
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