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ROUTE no : MAKALLA— LASHKHARAH 307

miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Llban, village.
4 m. Akhiid, village ; good anchorage in Bandar
Laslc, the westernmost portion of Qishn Bay.
197 18 Qishn, large straggling village, about £ m. inland from
the head of Qishn Bay ; good water from wells
westward of the town ; fish plentiful, and good ;
i small imports of jowari, rice, dates, coffee and
sugar ; see I, p. 230.
Dir. generally ENE., along the shore of Qishn Bay.
3 m. Suq, small village near a salt-water lake ;
some palm trees.
2 m. Hafdt, small fishing village. Thence across
1 the promontory of Ras Darjah.
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9-1 m. Route passes between Klior Maghshi and Jebel
Hadlm, and thence along a low sandy coast.
218-1 21J Saqr, straggling village in a date-grove near the beach ;
pop. 500-600 ; good water ; some grain grown.
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Dir. N. of E., continuing along the low sandy coast
and through country which is bare, except where
there are stunted bushes and patches of cultiva­
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tion near villages. :
3-1 m. Village with fortified house. * I
7 m. Haswein, village of some 500 inhabitants ;
good water.
230' 171- Kheiseib, village of about 150 inhabitants near a valley. :
31 hrs. up from the mouth of this valley is Wadi,
with a pop. of 600 and three or four forts, a place i
of considerable trade of which Kheiseib is the
port ; 11 m. inland of Kheiseib are the villages of
Dhakrabe.it and Kadlfut, each with a pop. of about
l 300. and several wells of good water ; salt is
exported from this district.

i Dir. N., ascending for 2 m. over the promontory of
Fartak (alt. 1.900 ft.), the track afterwards going
along a precipitous escarpment.
12 m. Ras Fhitns. The route now descends the
escarpment.
1 m. Fish!Fm, village in a sandy bight.
2 m. Khor Khalfvt, up which boats of from 30 to
40 tons can be hauled during the SW.
monsoon. I
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