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256 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
considerable (locks and herds ; large quanti­
ties of butter produced.
Dir. slightly N. of E.; after about 2 hrs. route leaves
mountains and enters flat plain that becomes
increasingly sandy.
110 80 Ghail, in Wadi Saba ; principal fixed settlement of the
lower Jauf; see I, p. 175 f.
Dir. slightly W. of N.
16 m. Cross Kharid River, ‘ here of respectable
width ’ ; innumerable ruins in neighbour­

hood. Beyond river, vegetation gradually
disappears and country becomes more and
more hilly.
8 m. Zdher, village.
Dir. roughly N.
24 m. Hajil; continue in northerly direction.
165 55 Rajj; road from Sa'dah comes in due W.
Dir. N.
41 m. Sadr.
Dir. NE. by N.
24 m. !Fdsi7 (Wasith). Road from Sa'dah comes in 1.
Dir. 1ST. by E. After a mile or so track crosses a valley,
enters the broader Wadi Nejran, and crosses the
wide river-bed.
247 82 Makhlaf (or Mikhlaf),village in Wadi Nejran; see I, p. 178.
Dir. NE., over northern side of Wadi Nejran; route then
passes into Wadi Habunah, which it descends.
Water now probably very scarce.
35 m. Qulban el-Jarr.
Dir. NNE.
14 m. Qulban ed-Dahdm.
Dir. at first NE., then bearing round to NW. down
Wadi Habunah.
408 161 Jalib et-Takh.
Dir. slightly E. of N., across barren desert.
652 244 Tamrah, village of about 150 houses ; wells, good water
at 27 ft. ; some cultivation and live stock, but no
horses.
[The Alternative Route from San‘a to Tamrah b\
way of Sa'dah and Ibal. which is given below (>oo
Route No. 59, pp. 259 If.), comes in 1.]