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brought in from the interior. There are no supplies worth
mentioning. The livestock comprisses about 150 horses and
perhaps 800 camels. There are some 350 pearling boats, 60
sea-going vessels, and about 90 fishing boats.
1 WAJBAH .. 12 m. West by south,
across a rocky and
12 m. pebbly desert com
posed of gravel and marl. At mile 7, Shaqab, where there is
a small fort containing a masonry well with fair water at 36 feet.
Wajbah consists of a walled garden with a tower and
a mosque. There are three masonry wells with fair water at
42 feet.
2 KAR'ANAH 18 m. West-south-west ao-
—— ross a very bare plain.
30 m.
At Kar'anah there is a masonry-lined well with fair water
but at a depth of 150 feet.
4 BA'AIJ .. 37 m. A double stage, due
west across the same
67 m - desert plain. At mile
27, the route skirts the head of th© Dohat-as-Salwa where
there are some brackish wells. Here Route No. 44, Hofuf-
Baraimi Oasis, joins in.*
5 BAHATH
18 m.
North-west
the northern
of the Jafurah
through
portion
desert.
north-west
Jafurah
85 m. __
This place is sometimes called Bajash-al-Bahath.
6 MANA'AYAH .. 16 m. Still
across the
101 m. desert.
At about mile 11, the 'Alah wells, situated in a tract of the
same name, lie off the route, about a couple of miles to the
north.
There is a well at Mana'ayah but no details are available.
7 JISHSHAH .. 17 m. Almost due west
across the Jafurah to
11 ® ^ the Shatar wells, at
* At Ba'alJ there are also wells.