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I ROUTE 61 : ADEN—SAN'A 273

miles.
total, stages.
supplies water to the Hospital of San'a;
considerable cultivation.

Good going along level ground to San'a.
227 21 SAIDA, town (alt. 7,550 ft.) ; see I, pp. 165 ff.

[The following Alternative Route from Dhamar to
San'a is slightly shorter, but it goes over very
mountainous country; it is impassable for wheeled
traffic, though practicable for pack animals.
Water is plentiful from streams and wells; fodder
plentiful ; other supplies very limited :
DHAMAR ; see above, p. 271 (m. 161 of route).
Dir. N. by W.
15 m. Rada‘; track descends a stony water-
course.
7 m. Zirajah.
13 m. NuseilZirajah, important village. Winding
path through a valley.
6 m. Seyyan, village. Winding mountain path.
11m. ‘Artaz ; see above (m. 219 of route).
SAN‘A (60 miles).]

[An Alternative Route from Qa'tabah (m. 94 of
route) to Yerim,. via Sobe, followed by Manzoni
(1877) and Harris (1892), is described below;
distance about 60 m. Manzoni’s altitudes are
given. Water is abundant along the road and
the mountain valleys are often well cultivated :
QA‘TABAH (alt. 4,060 ft. ; but see above, p. 271).
Road goes W. for about 8 m., then turns due N.
Azah (alt. 5,290 ft.), large village perched on hill;
numerous walls and towers.
Constant short ascents and descents ; then
moun-
a winding path, on face of precipitous
tain-side, climbs up to alt. 8,000 ft. ; then a
descent and fair going till a few miles short of
Hadda.
Hadda village, the approach to which is by a difficult
zigzae ascent through a pass.
1 Neqll Hadda ; alt., at summit, 6,900 ft. The peak

of Nuqtat el-Hadda (alt. 7,400 ft.) lies on 1.
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