'Routes in Arabia' [‎105] (138/852)

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Route No. so.—comd,
dunes. At mile 5, hills of Ghrananim, about 4 miles avvav to
the north. At mile 8, flat-topped hill of Malda lies to the south •
then low ascent up valley between low limestone hills. " '
At mile 22, pass several caves known as Ghar-ash -Shuvukh
this district being known-as Ghuwar ; very broken ground with
very little grazing or fuel.
At mile 23, over level ground but studded with limestone
mounds.
At mile 26, reach the sandy, gravelly plain known as An Na'-
alah.
At mile 28, descend into Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Faruq; sandy bed, 1 mile
broad and covered in bushes.
DAHANAH .. 54 m. West-southwest.
2 Leave Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Faruq,
, + j . i*i. and as cend a shallow
watercourse, head of which is reached at mile 10; then over
plain. At mile 8, a flat, barren plain, with patches of Ichor,
very soft and almost impassable after rain.
At mile 28, a clump of sidr trees. >
At mile 36, the plain is quitted, and firm, stony ground
with grazing, is traversed to mile 54 where Nafud, here called
Dahanah,* is encounter^. (The tract between Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Faruq and
Dahanah is called Summan ; it stretches northwards for man v
days, and southwards, to the great Nafud.)
3 JALTASADAI I 18 m. West-south - w e s t,
over the Dahanah de-
* i f". „ , , „ sert throughout, the
sand being firm and shallow with plentiful fuel and camel graz-
Leave Dahanah, and enter the stony plain of ! Urmah • t-ack
follows a narrow depression in which grazing is plentiful, but fuel
scarce.
At mile 13, track to Abu Jifan branches off to the south
At mile 16, track runs down two bad, rocky descents lo a
watercourse in a gorge, in which at mile 18 is Jalta Sadairi •
abundant water m pools left from rain. At times there are
springs here, and after rain its watercourse becomes a torrent.
bidf trees, and masses of driftwood; excellent rimth grazing
* Pronounced almost Dahanna.