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ROUTE 67 : MAKALLA—TERDI 301

miles.
total, stages.
1 m. Qeren, palm-groves; considerable cultivation,
especially millet and lucerne; land much
intersected by water-channels ; then a short
arid stretch. :
1 m. Hawwara, hamlet to r., in extensive palm-
grove.

14 m. Merevmah, village, commanded by fortress,
among fertile fields and palm-groves.
Track at first passes between sand-hills,
with uneven surface ; then over soft sandy
ground and along stony river-bed, till Wadi
Taribah comes in r.
94 m. Taribah, village, in extensive palm-groves and
broad fields of millet and indigo ; wells for
drinking-water lie S. of town.
Dir. SE. at first ; then E., through section of Wadi
Hadhramaut known locally as Wadi Masilah;
frequent running water; fortresses at intervals
on both sides ; road sometimes bordered by
mud walls.
5 m. Heid Qasim. The track from this point to
Terim traverses an arid salt plain, but
gardens and palm-groves reappear on nearing
the town. j.
5 m. Reida, small village to r., near mouth of
important tributary, Wadi ‘Adam (perhaps
the easiest and most used approach to Wadi
Hadhramaut), which here comes in r.; vege­
tation and fertility increase as the town is
approached.
-03 29 TERIM, town ; see I, p. 23o f.
[Proceeding beyond Terim along the Wadi Hadhra­
maut, the places and distances, according to Van
den Berg, are as follows : 12 m. Mishtah; 2 m.
'Aindt ; 12 m. Qasim ; 4 in. Khun : 12 m. Ism ,
15 m. Fughmah ; 10 m. Qabr Hud.]