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240 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTE i

miles.
total, stages.
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68 20 Mishayya, in the wadi east of Dokhah, distant about
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2 hrs. from the port. Quantities of dhura, dukhn,
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-j sesame, and cotton are grown here and exported
from Dokhah.
Continue SE., passing Wadi el-Kharma in the
Zobeid country, a running stream with much
cultivation.
Wadi Naivan is passed, when the track turns
' more to the S.
84 16 Wadi el-Ahsaba, in the ‘Ajelein country.
Dir. SSE.
12 m. Umm el-Jirm, in the Wadi Kanunah(Kenuna),
about 4 m. NE. of Qunfudah ; the wadi con­
tains running water, and there are good
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100 16 QUNFUDAH, port; see I, p. 143 f.
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Dir. S.
14 m. Makasir.
Cross Wadi Yiba (Yeba).
127 27 Serum.
142 15 Wadi Hali, camp at mouth of wadi. Higher up the
wadi there is cultivation, and sheep and goats
should be procurable. A road leads from here up
the valley to Muha’il; see above, Route No. 51,
pp. 234 ff.
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157 15 Rakah (?), at mouth of Wadi Tusi.
172 15 Khor el-Birk. The hills for the next five stages approach
the coast : the district is known as the Rijal
el-M'a.
i.‘ 192 20 Wasm (or Wasim), small port.
i 10 m. the island of Kutambal. a short distance
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from the coast, is passed. Widdn, headland
and small port, are passed. The road then
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(or Majis), a hill fort to the N. of the village
of Ma;jiz.
217 25 McVjiz (or Majis), village on coast.
Shuqaiq, village and port. The route crosses
Wadi Rim (water about 3 hrs. distant) bet v cm

Shuqaiq and Ttwid.
237 20 ‘ I livid (or Iiivad). village on coast.

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