File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎129v] (267/834)

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We were now forty-seven miles from Tnif at an elevation of
only 1,300 feet above sea-level in the midst of scenery which
though tropical in character far surpasses in beauty that of laif,
though the climate was a little oppressive in comparison with that
of the latter place and the high desert behind it.
Two miles march on the following morning brought us to the
sprint* of Ain Jadida situated at the head of a wide bulge in the
wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .° Here as at Madhiq there is a large area of cultivation
dependent on perennial irrigation from a newly discovered spring,
while to the left we could see about a mile distant the pidm
ui-oves of Saul a in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Yamaniya just above the point
where it descends towards Mecca through a gap between the
Mudarraj and Haradh ridges. Southwards _ over Saida, we
obtained a magnificent view of the high mountains of the Hejaz
range rising tier upon tier into the far distance.
& The Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Laimun here turned west-north-west for two
miles where it gave way to the A adi Zubara down which we
marched due west for two miles, then north-west for three miles
to the pyramidical hill of Abu Khasaf, from the summit of
which, it was said, Mecca is visible. 1 he Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zahra here came
in trom the left and we continued north-north-west for two-miles
to the confluence of the broad Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dharaa with the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Zubara. Hence looking east we saw the high range of Suda,
whose primitive tribesmen eke out their existence by the sale of
the best honey of the Hejaz. Turning west we marched for five
miles to a spring called Ain Mubarak, round whicli stand
scattered habitations and a considerable area of cultivation. At
this point the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zubara turns north-west, but w r e continued
our march south-west for five miles and north-west for six miles
th rough the scattered hills and valleys of the Shautan tract to
WYziriya, where we re-entered the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zubara, here a valley of
considerable breadth closed in on the north by a long flat ridge
and open on the south side from which we approached it. Here
again is a perennial spring around which there is a considerable
amount of cultivation and here w T e camped for the night
only eighty feet above sea-level and seventy-one miles distant
from Taif.
To the south and south-east of WTtziriya could be seen the
high ranges of the Hejaz hills while to the south-west lay the
high ridges of Sadar and Mukassar and Dhaf, the easterly
extremities of the coast range. IS'ext morning our course lay
south-west as far as Bahra w T hence a north-westerly run of some
twenty miles brought us to Jiddah.
At a distance of four miles from Waziriya w r e crossed the
coast road from Medina to Mecca running from north-west to
south-east, and a mile further on the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zubara gave way to
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Murr, a valley about tw o miles broad bordered on
the left by the low hills between us and Mecca and on the right
by the high hills of Sadar and Mukassar along whose foot lay a
number of populous and prosperous villages each surrounded by
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