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ROUTE 60 : ADEN—MOCHA 265

miles.
total, stages.
Dir. N. at first, as far as a small creek ; then N. by W.
along the coastal edge of the Tihamah plain; very
sandy going for some miles.
137 22 Dubab, a few huts ; water very scarce; a well at Bir
Mctsriyah, about a mile and a half inland. JebelZl,
a conspicuous wedge-shaped rock, 232 ft. high,
stands close to the shore. Jebel ‘Umari,a. promi­
nent landmark, lies about 7 miles to NNE.
34 m. Bir Am Seimah, well, about one and a quarter
miles east of track.
! 7 m. Bir Jedid, water; bushes and scrub ; grazing
for camels.
2 m. 8 Ubeidiyah, fishing hamlet; water very
scarce.
Dir. N. by W., along the low sandy shore to end of stage.
165 28 MOCHA, town ; see I, p. 172 f.

ROUTE 61

ADEN—MUSEMIR—QA4TABAH—YERlM—SAN'A

Authorities: Aden Military Report, compared with Manzoni, 1877-80 (Aden-
Musemir-Qa'tabah). Harris, 1892, Manzoni, 1877-80, compared with Aden
Mil. Report and War Office Handbook (Qa‘tabah-Yerim-San‘a). Altitudes
from Lt.-Col. Maunsell’s map, except where otherwise stated.
eneral Direction : NNW. to about Musemir; then NNE. to Qa'tabah; then N.
istance : Crow-fly, 192 miles ; road, 227 miles.
trader and Supplies : see p. 57 f.

miles.
total. stages. i
ADEN, town ; see I, p. 203 f.
see
Dir. N., along good road to Sheikh ‘Otbman ;
above, Route No. 60, p. 262.
6 m. Sheikh ‘Othman, town; see I, p. 204 f.
[Inland road leads off W. to Mafdlis and
to Sheikh Sa'id ; see Route No. 60.]
Dir. NW., at first over hard sandy ground ; good
going all the way to Lahej.
1 m. Dar el-Amir. Three alternative tracks lead
to Lahej : (a) Eastern, near Fiyiish (details