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Route No. 90— contd.
8 HAUTA
15. m. The Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khaura
is followed north-north
east. At about 4 miles
105 m.
from the pools, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tirimid flows down a precipitous gorge
on the left bank of the Khaura, and contains an inexhaustible
supply of water in a series of broad deep pools, some of which are
10 feet deep. Near this spot, thick clumps of tamarisk pccur.
At 2 miles below the junction, the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. opens out to a
width of f mile, between two mountain ranges. A mountain
spur abuts on the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. called Al-Mukriba which saves foot pas
sengers a detour. Thick jungle is encountered which does not
obstruct the path, here running over light sand. Half a mile from
Mukriba, shallow pools occur which require care to avoid
fouling. It might be necessary to break the stage here. Fur
ther on the valley gradually broadens out from a gorge and
the black, weathered heights of granite on either side give place to
wall-like banks of loam. On the right bank mimosa is replaced
by tamarisk, and the left bank is formed by a high earth cliff.
Here the path leaves the wddi through an awkward, narrow
cleft between jpw rocks, and passing some Himyaritic ruins on a
hillslope to the left, the path swings away from the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. on to the
plain of Khaura, a name applied to the village of 'Ali-bin-Alwai.
the "Aqil, and to the strip of country extending to Hauta. The
path from Khaura rejoins the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and passes the villages of
Setanan and Hauta at mile 13 and 15 respectively. Cultivation
near those villages and a few date palms near Hauta. Escorts
on to Nisab supplied by Ali-bin-'Alwai.
9 NISAB .. .. 18 m. Direction a littla
over cultivation belonging to the Ahl Diyan, crosses the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
which just beyond Hauta takes a sharp turn to north, crosses
several gullies, draining to Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khaura, towards Haidh Eiyan,
crosses this range by a short but extremely steep and rugged
pass and descends on to a stony plain sparsely wooded with thorn
trees, and surrounded by hills, among which it winds to the
wooded Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hajar at 5 miles. A well. Track follows
this wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. for a short distance and then strikes north-west
123 m,
north of east for
about 5 miles. Track