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276 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
lm. Wadi Milah ; some cultivation on banks.
Ascend this wadi.

2 m. Mizada, small hamlet, on 1. Hamlets of
Sarwa and Rafad on r.
£ m. Wadi Milah here bifurcates : to r., Wadi
Karkahan; to 1., Wadi Lasb. In W. Karkahan
ample camping-ground; good perennial
streams, reported never to fail, in this wadi
and in Wddis Ziyak and Rada close by;
forage obtainable in neighbourhood.
Track ascends 100 ft., betweenforkof Wadis
Karkahan and Lasb, to upland, the Uabil
‘Arabi; there is then level going for about
34 m.
1 m. Shabwah, village, about 1 m. to 1. ; 10 houses
and a white mosque.
1 m. Turkish frontier crossed.
14 m. Daba, Turkish village to 1. ; one well.
Dir. NW., gradually ascending Wadi Daba (where
there are 2 wells), to a pass giving access to
Mawiyah ; ascent of 200 ft. to summit, presenting
no difficulty except in two places over slippery
rock, but commanded on either side from heights
above.
54 m. Neqil Mawiyah] altitude, at summit, 4,550 ft.
Slight descent of about 50 ft.
82 12 J- Mawiyah, village of about 30 houses, on a clear stream
(Manzoni), with mosque and tomb (Qubbah Sidi
situated on
south^ ak,°Ut 100 yds. distant;
rich p b debel Daba, looking down on
rich cultivated valley with palm groves.
Do .a mos^ d.ue W., round northern slope of Jebel
3 m qu ascending, but good camel and mule track,
m. Shnne of Wall Hajji Marum, at top of
Good water from wells at villages
o Dahl to r. and ‘Asariyah to 1., both about
oajf a mile distant.
Sharp descent of S00 ft. in £ m., to the plain
I ^a 'iyah; then good level track across
cultivation, and an easy ascent up pass of

Aeqil Rakab.