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300 SOUTHERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Naja, to r. ; village and fort.
1 m. Ghanimah, to r.; large village in plantations
protected by several4 kuts ’. ' ’
3 m . Ajlaniyah, considerable village to 1., on rocky
4 hillock; herds of cattle, sheep, and goats, and

much millet cultivation.
12 m. Furudh, camping-place on a small height,
1 m. W. of Hautah ; alt. 1,270 ft. ; groups
of palm trees on edge of well-cultivated
plain ; good wells, but water brackish.
Here the wadi suddenly narrows ; there is
a fortress at the neck.
146 19 HAUTAH (QATAN), town; see I, p. 233 f.
Dir. NE. ; for some distance the road goes over a
succession of sandy stretches with patches of
scrub, and passes a white-domed tomb, near which
is a roofed-in well.
___8 m. Kashdmir, ruins.
158 12 SH1BAM, town ; see I, p. 234 f.
Dir. NE. by E., at first through groves and gardens,
intersected by- water-courses ; then along a plain
without vegetation, heavy going. In about an
hour Jebel Qabusah is passed, with well at foot;
then track re-enters palm-groves and vegetation.
This portion of the main wadi, for several miles,
is known locally as Wadi Sirr.

6 m. Beharah, to 1., at foot oi Jebel Behdrah;
Ghurfah, small town some little distance
away from road to r.; water-courses are
frequent all along this section.
Road now traverses stony ground, winding
between sand-hills, with a few palm-trees
here and there. ,
6 m. Tens, small village to r.; then a flat stretc i,
in some parts over muddy or marshy grounc,
into Sevyiin.
174 16 SEYYtN, town; see I, p. 235. e , t
Dir. E. by N.; the road leading out of the town u
defended bv a fortress, and a little fart ;
where Wadi Jezmah comes in r., there is an

fort