'Routes in Arabia' [‎442] (475/852)

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Route No. HS—contd.
distance apart. Good water from springs at Hiswat j Qa 'o
(Kaw), stages 3 and 4, and from a well in stage 6. In many
places brackish but drinkable water is to be obtained by digging
on the beach below high-water mark.
Fuel. Thorny bushes and small trees nearly the whole way.
Forage. —Scanty on the actual route, but can be obtained
from the fertile districts to the north.
Supplies. None to speak of till stage 6, where a few sheep
and goats can be bought.
No. of stage |
and total Details,
distance.
SHAIKH 'OTHMAN See Route No. 102.
BIR FADL .. 9 m. From Shaikh Oth-
man to Bir Fadl
see
— — OMVAX Of
J Route No. 113, stage 1.
^ I6J111. Road leads west-
MAKHNUK. wards over sandy
m - ground covered with
coarse grass and acacia trees of a large spreading kind. At
mile 8 Bir Duraimiyah is passed, 52 feet deep, and 10 feet of
brackish water. Estimated to water 300 camels per day. Route
No. 118 (b) joints here. West to Bir Am-Makhnuk, 60 feet
deep, 11 feet of water, brackish. Capacity as for Bir
Duraimiyah, Surrounded by jungle and babul trees. No
village, but numerous Bedouins in vicinity.
•> DAR MUJAH- 24Jm. Road west-south-west
—- HAR. over sandy ground
•i . , with acacia jungle to
mile o ; then through open sandy ground, soft in places till at
mile 10, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dar is crossed; a large area on its banks
-shews signs of inundation. At mile 18, an isolated double-
peaked hill, J. Am-Birka, is passed and at mile 20, a smaUer
hill, J. Sunamma. Hiswat Qa'o, a small spring of fresh water,
is passed on the seashore, just before J. Am-Birka at mile
.^2 to left of track. Uar Mujahhar, a small mud tower on the
left bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Am-Shahar. A few patches of cultiva
tion dependent on floods in the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. . No permanent inhabit
ants. One well, Bir Subahi, 150 feet deep with 6 feet of