'Routes in Arabia' [‎157] (190/852)

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JIRZAWIYAH „ 26 m.
97 m.
West by south. The
route continues across
the plain. Towards
the end of the march a line of hills running north and south is
crossed, the route passing through a valley in which is abun
dant coarse grass. These hills appear to be a principal range,
although of no considerable elevation.
At mile 20, Jirzawiyah ; some wells in a hollow.
WAD7-AL-
MIYAH.
22 m.
West by south.
The route runs at
119 m. first over a very
extensive plain of fine gravel with scattered bushes, bounded
on the south by detached rocky hills. Then it lies through red
sandhills.
At mile 22, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Miyah, a plain liable to inundation. The
regular halting placets at the wells of Baj Ir to the west-south
west.
6 MISHASH 27 m. West by south.
BATIN -AL- The route lies first over
146 m. 'URMAH. a gravelly plain, and
then along a sandy torrent bed.
At mile 27 Mishash Batin-al-'Urmah, a place where, after
rain, fresh water can be obtained by digging.
JABAL MAWI-
YAH.
22 m. West. The route
crosses a sandy, but
tolerably firm and level.
163 m.
plain and turns the north of Jabal Mawiyah, to the west of
which is a camping ground.
In 1818 a mixed force of 1,800 infantry, 600 cavalry, and 10
guns assembled here.
10 HANAKIYAH .. 65 m. West-south-west.
• The route runs over
233 m. broken ground.
Between mile 15 and mile 20 a valley running from north west
to south-east is crossed, in which there are some wells. The
route then runs through detached rocky hills, and between mile
40 and mile 45 something resembling a range is crossed, the
direction of which is north-west to south-east.
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