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ROUTE 66 : SHTjGHRAH—MAKALLA 293

miles.
total, stages.
12 m. Burum, fishing village with about 500
inhabitants ; good water, date groves and
some cultivation ; good anchorage during
the SW. monsoon.
Dir., at first N. ; it then gradually bears round to
E., by a sandy track along a narrow undulating
plain between the shore and the coastal moun-
tains.
350 47 MAKALLA, town; see I, p. 232 f.
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:
i The following is an Alternative Route from Dakhlah to Nisab (see
above, p. 237 f., m. 48 to m. 123 of route), which was traversed by
Bury in 1900, in the reverse direction. It is difficult even for a small
caravan, and is only used when the tribes along the westerly route
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are restless. The distances given are approximate, having been
computed from a small scale map.

miles. l
total, stages. :
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Dakhlah. Road at first skirts Wadi Ruqub; then, ; .
turning E., it traverses the ‘Amudiyah plain. 1
13 m. Jiblah, village; see I, p. 216; water probably ; i
abundant.
Dir. N. for three miles to the Maran Gorge.
6 m. Maran Gorge is entered; good camping-
place. The march up the gorge is difficult
and exhausting.
12 in. Tulh Pass, approached by a steep ascent up
a deep ravine ; altitude at crest 6,500 ft.
Track crosses a ridge, the watershed be­
tween the northern and southern wadi
systems ; it then descends by slippery track
i over gypsum rock into Wadi Na'man.
Wadi Na'mdn, which the track descends
to its junction with Wadi Khatib.
22 m. IFdtfi Khatib, enclosed by abrupt and lofty
heights, is now followed.
12 m. Medinah, a stronghold of the Rabizi, with
several towers.
2 in. Wadi Raluib here joins Wadi Khatib on 1.
The bed of Wadi Khatib here becomes