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254 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
Niebuhr’s time salt was largely supplied to
the interior from here. The road now skirts
the Bight of Fajrah.
4 m. Jurden. Telegraph line now runs by the track
for rest of way to Mocha.
3 m. Semahlah, small inn.
1 m. Sahdri, small village.
4 m. Ruweis, large village and fishing town.
From this point alternative tracks lead
into Mocha, one following the shore, the
other a little inland ; the former is the more
sandy and heavy of the two.
5 m. Yakhtul, village and small port, with a pro­
minent mosque, forming a good landmark sea­
ward as well as landward.
122 29 MOCHA, town; see I, p. 172 f.

ROUTE 58

SAN1 A—RIYADH

Authorities : Halevv, 1870, for the stages from San a to Makhlaf . n t from
tion for the other stages and for the route in general On )the stajg
Makhlaf to Riyadh, the distances and relative positions of places
uncertain.
General Direction : N. by E.
Distance: Crow-fly, 660 miles; road, S*21 miles.
Character and Supplies: see p. 56.
miles. !
total. stages.
SAN‘A, town; see I, pp. 165 ff.
Road, just practicable for carriages as far as
Raudhah, leaves N. by Sha‘ub Gate. Rugget
descent and then through mountainous district.
3 m. Jiraf, village.
2 m. Raudhah, town; seel,p.170f.
Dir. NE. over level well-cultivated plain, passing
several hamlets with towers and forts. Alter
about 3 hrs. Zubeirah, hamlet falling into deui\.
Route then goes through almost continuous ok.-'