'Routes in Arabia' [‎470] (503/852)

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Route No. 128 {a)~-contd,
which gradually develops into sand dunes covered with bushes.
There is grazing for camels and donkeys. The going would be
heavy in wet weather.
At mile 4f and mile 10 there is a small well with a poor
supply of slightly salt water.
At mile lt|, All Abar, a good well of slightly salt water.
At mile 18 At-Tanam, a large well of slightly salt water.
- BAJIL .. ..18m. 4 hours north-east.
~ The route runs over
. a country. The go
ing is fairly hard and at times stony.
At mile 10 Dar Ahmad wells. From this point onward the
water is good.
At mile 14J the foot of a chain of mountains is reached and
the route, entering a wide gap, runs up a perfectly flat valley,
1 to2 mUesbroad, on both sides of which rocky hills rise steeply
to a height of from 500 to 900 feet.
At mile 18 Bajil, wells with a plentiful water supply. Dhur-
rah wood, grass, sheep, chickens, eggs, and milk are obtam-
able.
BUHAH .. 16 m. The route runs at first
east-north-east along
^ m * the perfectly flat valley
At about mile 4^ the valley narrows to a width of about
a mils, high, precipitous, rocky hills rising on both sides.
At mile 5 Malawa, a rest-house and a good well.
Here the route turns off to the south-east, and passes along
a flat valley, 2 to 3 miles wide, on the east of a high, long, nar
row mountain ridge, which runs in a south-easterly direction,
gradually increasing in height till it forms the mountain mass-
es of Jabal Bura and Jabal Raimah. The surface of the road
is hard, but not stony, and in dry weather a motor car could be
m en a ong it with ease. There are wells at different points in
a un t, \v k i runs between the foot of the mountains south of the
road and the road.
At mile 16 Buhah, good wells.