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308 .SOUTHERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
The track then goes along the sandy beach
of Qamar Bay.
258 22 Tabut, hamlet about 1 m. from the shore.

Dir. gradually bears E. of N., along a low-lying coastal
plain.
2 m. Pass a small hill some 3 m. from the shore.
2 m. Heirut, hamlet, about 1 m. from the shore.
14 m. Hard’iq, hamlet, about the same distance
from the shore.
278 20 Ghaiclhah (2), the largest tillage on Qamar Bay, 1 m.
from the shore ; good water.
Dir. gradually bears NE.
7 m. Qabr Qailiil, a tomb close to the sea.
3£ m. ‘Irub, village.
301 23 Jauhari, village 3 m. from the beach, consisting of a few
huts around a white tomb.
Dir. E. by N. across the narrow plain between the
‘Atub range and Qamar Bay, traversing occasional
patches of soft sand.
101 m. Fatk\here mountains approach close to thesea.
21 m. Wadi Shaghwiit, between the ‘Atiib and Fatk
ranges, is crossed ; near its mouth is a small
hamlet with some cultivation.
327 2G Damqut, small seaport at the eastern extremity of Qamar
Bay ; it lies in an irregular plain about a mile
square, bounded on all the land sides by almost
inaccessible mountains; pop. 400; 90 mud-houses.
Shark-fishing and a small export trade in glii, hides,
and gum are carried on. The place marks the j
eastern limit of the Hahrah tribe.

Dir. EXE., along the coast known as Seilikot, the
ground over which the route passes descending
from the Jebel Qamar range to the shore in broad
shelves covered with grass and trees.
101 m. Juddb, village built under some rocks.
21 m. Hauf, village and tower.
5.1 m. Dharbah ‘Ali, hamlet near headland of the
same name.
111m. Thalfbt, date-grove.
0 m. Kharifdt. village; see I, p. 2S1.
The route here enters D ho far territory.