'Routes in Arabia' [‎593] (626/852)

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"R oute N o . 175— conoid
No. of stage
and total dis- D 'tails,
taiicc, I
1 QARAH* 15 ui. East by north, along
. a well-beaten track.
15 in . Qarah stands in a
valley containing many inscribed rocks. It consists of 80 houses,
and possesses wells of fairly good water.
2 HOAH .. 12 m South-east.
• At Hoah there are
27 m. two very deep wells,
but the supply is not abundant, nor is it of very good quality.
Close by is a place where rain water collects in large quanti
ties.
8 HA1YANIYAH .. 140 m. About south-east b.V
east across the Nafud-
167 At stage 6, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Chyrrys {sic).
The wells at Haiyaniyah yield good and plentiful water. They
are protected by a fort, which is a rough, quadrangular building
of stone and mud, flanked by two towers, and having only one
small door, which is of iron. From a third tower, 150 and 200
yards away, a cross-fire can be brought on the wells. A subter
ranean passage connects it with the main building. According
to native information these wells are nearly 150 feet deep.
Shakespear only mentions one large well here. {April 1914.)
12 HAIL .. •• 100 m. South. During stage
11 the wells of Tayma
267 mi are passed ; and some
where about m. 65, the wells of Umm-al-Qulban lie to the
west of, but probably near, the track.
At stage 11, the Nafud is quitted.
For Hoil. see main route.
* Von Nolde computes the distance between Jauf and Gara (Qarah) at 37 lilo-
metfeSy but the actual distance would seevn, to be about 24 hilowietTes,
t Von Nolde says 20 kilometres. „ . . . „ ,,
j Von Nolde does not mention these wells, having probably passed io the east ol
tjiem,