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270 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
Khurba and several other small villages
are passed.

34 m. Wadi Hilhal is passed, up which a track
branches W. to Mawiyah. Road crosses and
recrosses the stream in Wadi Tiban, passing
hamlets of Takafal and Rauna on 1. bank.
14 m. Hisn, good camping-space. Tiban here
20-30 yds. wide in dry season and 1 ft. deep
in places. Wadi contracts to a narrow gorge,
and then widens out again. Here a good
route to Mawiyah and Ta'izz leads W. up
Wadi Tisan (Qaisan).

Pass Hujra and ‘Arish, hamlets with
stretches of cultivation; 2 m. to Wadi
Tabaghein.
74 16 Wadi Tabaghein branches in r. Roads come in r. from
Dhala, down this wadi. At its mouth is a good
camping-ground, where supplies are available. i
From this point the track lies along the bed of the
stream, and it is sometimes necessary to wade ;
it is practicable only in dry seasons. The stream
is narrowly enclosed between lofty precipitous I
hills ; there is a little cultivation along the
banks.
2 m. Rahwah ‘Abdullah, at entrance of a gorge;
difficult passage for any but lightly laden
camels.
14 m. Sareisara.
14 m. Hafasa ; above this point another rather
difficult gorge is passed, dangerous in evant
of storm and freshet. Working party should
go on ahead to clear obstacles ; then no
great difficulty would be experienced.
2 m. Haifa.
2 m. Karad, good camping-ground.
Above Karad, the wadi is known
IF. Human or IF. Qa'tabah. No information
about the next few miles ; but the Bounc ur}
Commission marched down the Tiban n
December 1903 from San'a.
0 m. Sana, village a short distance to E.

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