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298 SOUTHERN ROUTES
miles.
total, stages.
Dir. N. by W., continuing down the narrow Wadi
‘Aisar.
2 m. Subeikh, village with tower; close by are the
small hamlets of Harduf and Larsanah
(Larsmah).
1 m. Wadi Do an joins ini.; below junction, the wadi
is generally known as Wadi Kesr, though some
geographers consider Wadi Do’an to extend
to the town of Haurah, and even beyond.
[Hirsch’s route entered Wadi Do’an (or
Kesr) just below its junction with Wadi el-
‘Aisar, a little above the town of Slf. He
describes the descent as ‘ a way down
through a rain-worn ravine, full of stones,
by a zigzag, difficult for men and more diffi­
cult for camels ’.]
3 m. Sif, on r. bank of wadi (Hirsch’s map places
it on 1. bank); an ‘Amudi town of 1,000-2,000
inhab., with towers ; it lies at a considerable
height, among thick palm-groves and fields
which extend on either side of the wadi
and are much divided up by walls of mud
and stone.
Dir. N., along the dry bed of wadi.
2 m. Qaidun, to 1., at the point where Wadi Qaidun
comes in 1. ; ‘Amudi shrine.
1 m. 'Adi (or ‘Advyah), to r.; about fifty houses
protected by the fortress of Ba Maharis, ;
situated a little below the point where Jf'ddi
Mish comes in r.
5 m. Hebir, to r.; little town with gardens and
groves at entrance of Wadi Hebir.
Track continues over very stony ground ,
it crosses and recrosses the wadi-bed a
mouths of several
several points, passing
tributary wadis.
4 m. Lajhar, to 1.; groves of palms and dom trees
and considerable cultivation. .
1 m. Him el-Mala, to r., village commanded b'
fort.
2 m. Sila\ village to 1 situated on jutting rock and
commanded by two fairly large forts. The