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306 SOUTHERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
3 m. Handuivat, small village ; two miles inland
from a point 4 m. on, is Hisn el-Kathiri.
2 m. Wadi Bidrah is crossed.
107 15 Reidah, important village, about J m. inland ; estimated
pop. 700 ; hot springs and some cultivation :
several boats.
Dir. continues NE. at first, then bears E. by N. atony
the coast.
4 m. Hasanah, Ullage.
2 m. Rakhmit, where a torrent-bed reaches the
shore.
8 m. Jluseina'ah, an ancient site, with ruins ; the
country round is marshy and contains belts
of mangroves.
For the remainder of the stage (39 m.) the
route runs in almost a straight line along a
tow desolate coast, at the foot of a range of
high mountains.
11 m. Mouth of Wadi Shakhdwi is crossed.
24 in. Tanun, small village.
13 m. Sharkhat, village, practically deserted.
54 m. Cross the mouth of Wadi Museilah, which
makes a very conspicuous gap in the coastal
range; a small ruined fort stands on each
side of this wadi, which leads up to the main
Wadi Hadhramaut.
3 m. Darfut, small village.
160 53 Seihut, small port; see I, p. 230. Good and abundant
water and plentiful supplies.
Dir. EXE. over tow sandhills. The route now lies in
Mahrah country.
94 m. Ras 'Iqdb, a few fishermen's huts ; barren and
uncultivated coast.
34 m Ras Rakhice.it.
2 m. Ras el-Kafir.
179 19 'Atdb, village with three mosques, about 1 m from the
shore ; pop. about 400 ; good water from \\ell>
E. of the village ; date groves 1 m. to W.
Dir. ENE. at first, then NE. along a low, sandy, barren,
and undulating coast.
10 in. Two sugar-loaf shaped peaks are passed.

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