"ملف ٨/ ٢١ شؤون دولة مسقط: المناطق التابعة لها - صور (العمليات)" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٣٨/٢٩)

APPENDIX.
Land Route to Sur from Muscat.
Muscat to SwaKum . 50 Miles.
SwaJcum:- A large date garden the property of Mohammad Nasib Khan,
a Muscat subject.
A mo to rable tracic which would be impracticable in wet weather.
■^ w ^ Mg....'tP._Haj.l al Ghalf . 12 miles. (Lorimer Vol: II page 603).
A very difficult track which crosses very rough high ground.
Donkeys and camels can be used, the latter with considerable
Fresh water available at Hail.
Hail toD hibab-. 17 miles.
Dhibabs- a scattered fishing village.
A dilficult mauntainous track along which only donkeys can ^ass and
in parts riding is impossible. Fresh water available at Dhibab.
Dhibab to Tiwi . 22 miles. (iorimer Vols II page 1906).
A rough rocky track useable by camels and donkevs. No fresh water
is available until Ghail Shaab is reached which is a mile and a half
from Tiwi and where there is unlimited fresh water in close
proximity to the sea. The water at Bamma and Fins is brackish.
Tiwi to bur.
The same hard trail negotiable by donxeys and camels. Water is
a\aixable at v^alhat which is half way between these two places.
Scale of charges . ,
Donkeys from Qariyat to Sur via Swakum cost four rials each for the
journey. The cost of the animals* food being on the owner and of
the owner’s food on the hirer. (Donkeys are not available at Swakum)