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312 SOUTHERN ROUTES

miles
total, staycs.
913 50 lias Shdblah, a low sandy point, where the route again
strikes the coast ; about 1 m. inland is Sheiolah
village, 200 huts and considerable live-stock.
Dir. NE., over cliffs from 30-70 ft. high.
15 m. Ghaldt, village not far from the track, which
here descends to a long stretch of low, sandy,
and bare ground, known as the Batein.
10 in. Sharkh, hamlet of 20 huts ; some live-stock
and a few fishing-boats.
962 49 Bus Jibsh, small sandy point, with a hill about 100 ft.
high above it, on which are the remains of an old
tower ; on the SW. slope of the hill is a village
of about 60 inhabitants ; on the N. side of the
point is a small bay affording good landing in
southerly winds, but exposed to those from the
north-east; some distance from Ras Jibsh is
Quran, a small hamlet owning a little live-stock
and three fishing-boats.
Dir. NNE. across a tract of low sand-hills.
993 31 Lashkharah, large fishing-village and fort: some 200
houses, a few of stone but mostly huts, inhabited
by the Ja'afirah section of the Beni Bu *Ali,
owning about 50 fishing-boats and one large
sambuk. The place is the port for all the Ghafiri
tribes subject to the Tamlmah of the Beni Bu ’Ali.
[For the route from Kamil to Lashkharah, see
Route No. 70, p. 317.]
[An inland route connects Salalah in Dhofar (see
above, p. 309) with Adam in Oman Proper (dis­
tance : crow-fly, 439 m. ; road, about 517 m.)
It leaves the coastal route at Hdfah (m. 422 of
main route, see p. 309), and leads up Wadi Jar-
ziz, traverses the district called Qatan behind Jebd
Gamhdn, approaches the sea at Jdzir (see above,
p. 311). and then hears direct for Adam, passing
oil the way through a district called Dhuhr.
The route is an arduous one and the journey
occupies about a month. In some parts water
is only met with at intervals of two marches.
About 55 m. from iSalfdah a track joins in from
Tdqa on the coast; see above, p. 310.]