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ROUTE 04 : ADEN—Q.VTABAH 283

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! total, stages.
standing up out of the sand, passed to E. ;
then over firm gravelly soil with belts of
mimosa scrub.
2 m. Track comes in 1. from Sha:qah, across the
desert.
2 m. Track goes off NE. to Mijhah. 2 m. distant.
Road now goes up bed of a dry water­
course ; in wet season, a track along the hill­
side must be taken, where going is very slow
and difficult.
44 20 Dar Sheiban, small Haushabi village; well, with good
water at 50 ft. : camping-ground; forage
obtainable.

Dir. N. up Wadi Suheib, at first over firm stony
ground, then through cultivation.
44 m. Dar el-Hajar, first village of stone-built
houses. ‘Alawi territory is entered here.
24 m. Sauda, village to r., on slope of conical hill.
Kashah, principal village of the ‘Alawi, one
mile to E.
Track follows up dry stony bed of Wadi Am
Suheibiyah.
54 10 Jimil, large village at foot of isolated hill on r. bank ;
one well, with abundant supply of good water;
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plentiful forage and other supplies.
Dir. NW., leaving the Wadi Am Suheibiyah, up stony
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bed of Wadi Tuwanna ; track very rough, but
presenting no difficulty for camel transport.
3 m. Tuwanna, village, with 1 well of good water.
Follow up bed of wadi, which is narrowly
enclosed between rocky hills.
5 m. Rasafa ; here the wadi becomes a narrow
gorge, with very shingly heel: good perennial
springs.
2 m. Alela ; settlement of Azraqi nomads. As
the river bed is here obstructed by boulders,
the track, very rough and out of repair, leads
along; the hill-side, afterwards crossing to
opposite bank of wadi.
I m. Leave Wadi Tuwanna. and ascend 900 ft.
in l.V m. over Neqll Tuictuin<i\ gradient »