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miles.
total, stages,
32 -32 Fanjah, town ; see above.
Continue up Wadi Sema’il, known above this point as
Wadi Bidbid.
1 m. Sham, village of about 60 houses on 1. bank.
Wadi Dhaba'fm, joins 1. bank of wadi, just
below :Amqat.
1 m. ‘Amqdt, village of about 40 houses on r.
bank.
i m. Mileyyinah, hamlet of about 20 houses on
r. bank. ;
ITadi Mansah, joins r. bank of wadi.
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I m. Qurta, village of about 50 houses on r. bank.
$ m. Mizra‘, village of about 30 houses and watch-
tower on 1. bank.
| m. Bidbid, village of about 40 houses on 1. bank ;
fort with garrison of 20 askaris of Sultan of
Oman. The Wadi Sema’il is here broad,
barren, and sandy.
Wadi Beni Jdbir joins 1. bank of Wadi Sema’il.
3 m. 31 iltiqa, village of about 40 houses on 1. bank.
II m. Sarur, village of about 500 houses on r. bank ;
extensive palm-groves, bearing : fard ’ dates.
The hills on each side of valley here contract.
1 m. A wadi joins r. bank of Wadi Sema’il.
11 m. IFddi el-'Aqq joins r. bank.
2 m. Hassas, hamlet of about 25 houses on r. bank.
11 m. Hillah (or Khfibdr) Beni Harms, village of
about 100 houses on r. bank ; spring, known
as Furdhah Hassds, a short distance below
village.
1 m. Hillat (or Khubdr) el-Majcilibah, village of
about 30 houses on r. bank.

\ 1 m. Fdru, village of about 40 houses on r. bank.
1 m. Ohubrah, village of about 50 houses on r.
bank. The valley here becomes very narrow.
1 m. Hijrat es-Sufa. village of about 100 houses
on r. bank. In this section of the wadi, up
! . to and beyond Hisn Sema'il, there is a cluster
of small villages and hamlets, on both banks.
I m. ■fcheiliydt, village of about 60 houses on 1.
bank; opposite, on r. hank, is Bi-Adn, a hamlet
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