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ROUTE GO : MAKALLA—LASHKHARAH 300

miles.
total, stages.
367 40 Rakhyut (Raikhut), village ; see I, p. 281.
Dir. E. at first, over a mountainous ridge with an
abrupt scarp towards the sea, then bearing ENE.
4 m. ttafqdt, small hamlet, situated in the deep
ravine Kheisah Bin ‘Othmdn. Thence the
route runs along cliffs which for some 8 m.
rise from the sea like a wall.
0 m. Cross a tableland, which rises to an altitude
of 3,380 ft., and from which Ras Sdjar juts
out; then cross the mouth of the Kheis Bin
‘Umr valley, in which are a few lime and
tamarind trees. The route then leads round
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the rocky and irregular Gliubbah Feizeyyah
coast.
27 m. Ras el-Himdr, a rocky bluff. The route runs
along the foot of a mountain range which
) here approaches the sandy shore.
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412 45 Risut, trading post; see I, p. 280 f.
Dir. N. for a short distance, then E. by N. over the
Dhofar plain.
4 m. ‘Auqad, village, consisting of two separate
quarters .V m. apart ; water-supply from
wells at 12-18 ft.; some grain, cattle, sheep,
and goats obtainable.
2 m. Cross a stream, which rises from a fresh-water
spring.
420 S Salalah, capital of Dhofar; see I, p. 2S0.
[At this point the land route from Adam, in Oman,
comes in ; see below, p. 312.]
1.V m. El-Hisn, fort; see I, p. 280.
1 m. Hdfah, village: see I, p. 2S0.
Dir. E. slightly by N., through cotton fields and coco­
nut groves for about 1 m. ; then, for the rest of
the stage, along a coastal plain crossing several
streams of clear but brackish water.
1 m. Biliid, ruined site. ;
3 m. Dahdriz. village; see T. p. 280.
2 m. Rizdt, garrisoned fort and about 10 huts ;
water from a running stream ; some cultiva­
tion of sugar-cane, jowari, fruit, and vege­
tables.