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250 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES
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miles.
total, stages.
Dir. NNE. ; then ENE. passing up broad valley,
j waterless except after heavy rain.
4 5 m. Maraba\ village on N. side of valley, which
1 ends here.

1 [Manzoni followed a slightly northerly track from
: Fdtrdh, through Dubanah to Maraba'.]
Dir. NE., winding ascent.
24 m. Meijan (alt. 650 ft.), inn.
:
Dir. NE., by track generally ascending across bleak
plain.
4 m. Sablah, village.
;
4 m. ‘ JJrasaj, small village in wadi of same name,
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with fair every Sunday, at foot of Dhuhah
: Pass.
3 m. Dhuhah (Neqil Dhuhah) (alt. 1,300 ft.).
Fairly easy descent to level stretch of
desolate plain, through Wadi Jinam; then
ascent by bad road over Jinam Pass (alt.
1,470 ft.). Descent into Wadi el-Barq,
which is well cultivated.
3 m. Barq, a group of some dozen houses, with
weekly market (Suq el-Barq) near by. .More
fertile country now entered.
Dir. NNE., leaving Wadi el-Barq.
41 22 Mansuriyah. Market village; large inn.
Dir. S. of E., then NE.
3 m. Meisar.
Dir. E. Ascent, by very tortuous route, of Rahabah
Pass (alt. 2,160 ft.), and descent to Wadi Rahabah,
which is crossed.
1£ m. Rahabah, small village. i
1 m. Habb. Route crosses two small passes and
some shallow wadis : cultivation and fruit-
v, trees
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14 m. Dureibah, village, on hill at a little distance ,
the head-quarters of the Beni Aqlan, with cas­
ij tellated fortress. Small bazaar (Suq nuiei-
bad.
bah) near road. Water reputed very
Dir. NE., track ascending round foot of mountain,
and passing 2 cisterns (majiJs) and 2 wells.
1 m. Kuseidlyah (Hoseida), small inn.