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miles.
total, stagea.
Dir. SE., parallel to the coast for the first 10 m.;
thence inland across desert for the rest of the
stage.
262 25 Dahna, small village in the Wadi Beish; cultivation
begins here.
Continue SE. over open level ground, cultivated
in places.
9 m. Ja'rah, village in Wadi Nakhlein. 1
4 m. Jamalah, village.
279 17 SABIA (Sabiyah), town; see I, p. 143.

[An alternative track from ‘Itwid to Sabia, passing
Umm el-Khishib (see above, p. 238), is reported
as follows :
1 Itwid (see above, mile 237 of alternative
route).
3 m. Cross Wadi Darb, and then traverse desert.
9 m. Cross Wadi Beidh, and continue across
desert.
20 m. Umm el-Khishib (or Khashab), village, or
‘ small town ’, in Wadi Beish (32 miles
from ‘Itwid). [For an alternative route
from Umm el-Khishib to Loheia by the
coast, see below, p. 243 f.]
The route now turns SE., and runs chiefly
through cultivation irrigated by flood-water
from Wadi Beish and its tributaries.
6 m. Saldmah, village.
5 m. Melhah (or Maldhah), village.
2 m. Shakhir, village.
Sabia, town (see above); according to this
account Sabia lies 15 m. from Umm el-Khishib,
and 47 m. from ‘Itwid.] i
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Route enters the khabt, or low-lying plain,
which extends between the mountains and the
coast.
8 m. Wadi Dhamcid ; there is much cultivation
in the wadi, which belongs to the Sherifs.
This part of the wadi is known as Khudheirah
Dhamdd.
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