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miles.
total, stages.
the side of a gorge, steep and winding, to
Jarba ; the other by E. side, also steep°and
winding, to Ushari and Kurein.]
3 tn. Jalilah, village ; o wells, with plentiful supply;
see I, p. 212.
Dir. NW. between hills and through cultivation, pu>t
villages of Lahnat el-Hajifar, Jalas and Wdbah :
the path then descends into an open cultivated
valley, crosses low ridges, and descends into
another cultivated valley; thence 2 m. through
crops and 1 m. over rocky undulating plain to
Sanah.
6 m. Sanah ; boundary village, before entering
Turkish territory ; 1 well, with good water :
custom-house.
90 13 QA‘TABAH, town; see I, p. 170.

ROUTE 64

ADEN—QATABAH
(via Dhala)

Authority : Aden Military Report.
General Direction : N. by W.
Distance : Crow-fly. 31 miles ; road. Art miles.
Character and Supplies: see p. 58.
miles.
total, stages.
ADEN, town: see I, p. 203 f. 4 .
[For the first stage, from Aden to Bir Ambein,
the alternative tracks via Lahej or Bir
given in Routes Nos. 61 and 63, pp. 26o u_._-' •
24 24 Bir Am Seifi, camping-ground ; see above, p. -

Dir. N. across desert tract. n . „ in
3m. Cross Wadi Bilik', "'ell of pir i.
undulating
bed of wadi. Then over
country ; heavy going and a steady rue.
7 m. Aebel Keira (alt. 2.100 ft.), a rock} 1