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miles.
total, stages.
3 m. Neqil RaJcab, summit of pass. Steep descent.
1 m. Wddi Sudan; flowing water, but reported bad
for drinking.
Cross Wadi Sudan and ascend to Henna
plain.
2 m. Henna plain (5 m. by 3 m.), rich pasture;
many fine cattle. Track skirts southern
edge of plain; then a stony ascent up
moderate gradient.
3 m. Neqil Mushakdif ; track crosses cultivation,
m. Huzum, village ; 2 wells, good drinking water;
a good half-way halt from Mawiyah.
Dir. N. of W., by gentle descent.

1 m. ‘Ariba, some fifteen huts ; wells of drinking
water. White minaret of Jened, conspicuous
3 m. to N.
Excellent track across watershed between
Wadi Sudan and Ta‘izz.
34 m. Dar es-Sakin, white tower to r. ; large well
near, 15-20 yds. in diameter, with abundant
water.
[Road from Jened joins on r.]
Dir. SW., descending.
2 m. Near white-domed tomb (Qubbat el-Hauban),
the road joins the Yerim-Ibb road into Ta‘izz,
about 9 m. distant. Enter Ta'izz by Eastern
Gate (Bab el-Keblr), after a short ascent.
Ill 29 TA‘IZZ, town; see I, p. 168 f.
Dir. E., leaving by the Bab el-Kebir and returning to
8 m. Qubbat el-Hauban.
Dir. N. by E., for 6 or 7 m. across sandy plain, almost
desert ; fairly good going ; then along a more or
less fertile valley.
8 m. Amaki, small village to r., partly in ruins; alt.
4,750 ft. Road continues to ascend the valley.
o m. Qa'dha. small village to 1., with caracol (guard­
house), to r. ; alt. 5,400 ft. Ascent now
becomes somewhat steeper.
. 5 m. Valley begins to narrow considerably.
41 30 iSTtq el-Moharas, village at foot of Jebel Mnharns ; alt.
7,050 ft.