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264 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
Dir. W. over sandy ground, the track again leaving the
shore.
7£ m. Bir Am Jatari, in Wadi Timnan.
4 m. Bir Mahijja, well; water suitable for camels
only.
_ A road goes off N., to Am Fajarah.
82 26 Bir Ras ‘Arah, a well half a mile inland, the track having
again approached the coast. There would be no
difficulty in landing supplies of drinking-water
for troops here ; moderate supplies of forage
could also be obtained from Turan and district,
12 miles NE. (A road goes off N. to Karaba.)
Dir. N. of W., following the coast for more than 20
miles, from which the track is never more than
three-quarters of a mile distant; it runs over
good hard ground.
3 m. Bir Hujeimah, shallow spring, brackish water.
3 m. Bir Naza, small supply of brackish water.
5 m. Hiswat el-Hajaf, small supply of brackish
water, about enough to water 50 camels.
44 m. Hiswat el-Jiraza, brackish water, small supply.

3 m. Bir ‘Uzdf, shallow well, 4 ft. deep ; good fresh
water.
4 m. Bir Suqayyah, deep well; fair supply of
slightly brackish water.
Dir. SW., gradually leaving coast.
7 m. Turbah (Turbakh), near Ras Turbah ; hamlet
of some 30 mat-huts. Bir Hali near, with
scanty supply of brackish water.
1 m. Hisn Murad, Turkish fort on eastern side of
Sheikh Sa'id promontory, marking point at
which Turkish frontier meets the sea.
Scanty supply of brackish water; garrison
greatly dependent on natives bringing water
for sale from Suqayyah.
115 33 Sheikh Sa‘id, telegraph station; see I, p. 174f.
Dir. ENE. from Turkish Telegraph Office.
1 m. Jebel Barilcah is passed. . f
14 m. Khor Ghureirah. Route rounds the head oi
this gulf and turns N. by W.
34 m. Khor Shura.