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310 .SOUTHERN ROUTES

miles.
total, stages.
4 m. Ilcimrun, village about 2 m. from, the sea ;
a spring and water-course, and cultivation ;
near the sea in this district is a dense growth
of mangroves.
441 21 Tdqa, hamlet, consisting of a score of huts and one
stone building ; two fresh-water khors ; westward
of the village are groves of coco-nut palms and
some cultivated ground.
[A track leads off almost due north and joins the
Salalah-Adam inland route: see below, p. 312.|
Dir. about E., gradually bearing SE. when nearing end
of stage.
2 m. Khor Rori, a remarkable inlet running about
2 m. inland, J m. broad at the mouth and
narrowing to a stream at its head ; the Khor
is separated from the sea by a narrow ridge
of sand.
The route now leads along the foot of the
Samhdn hills, crossing many water-courses.
19 m. Cross Wadi Fulk.
464 23 Murbat, village; see I, p. 280.
Dir. E., crossing a dark granite plain, then gradually
bearing N. along the coast.
20 m. Sadah, a few huts and some caves ; about
600 cattle and perhaps 1,000 sheep and goats.
24 m. Ras Nus, with Bandar Nus, a village of some
20 circular huts of stone ; water from a good
spring ; small anchorage on the east side of
the village.
10 m. Hdsik, hamlet at the mouth of a thickly
wooded valley ; brackish water.
321 57 Wadi Reikhut, with a spring of fresh water and a lake
of brackish water ; fuel and grazing obtainable.
Dir. NNE. for about 25 m., then gradually bearing
round to E. by N. over a coastal tableland.
606 85 Ras Qanvd'o, headland, almost cut oft' from the mainland
by a lake, at the head of which the water is fresh.
Dir. N\Y\, then NNE., along coast with precipitous
cliffs.
2.1 m. Ras S/iurbutdt, a precipitous bluff.
191 m. Ras Hauqirah. headland, 600 ft. above sea-