'Routes in Arabia' [‎43] (76/852)

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Route No. IZ—contl.
At mile 23 Bir-al-Ghubbah; there are 4 wells in a wMi, with
Water all the year round.
7 BIRUNSAB 30 in South-west.
~ The country is gra-
151 m. velly and very level.
At mile 30, Bir Unsab ; 4 wells in a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
9 BIR UMM AMA- 40 m. West-south-west.
" ■ RAH. mile 9 a short
194 m. steep hill is descended,
and a similar one at mile 20.
At mile 34 Sha'ib Awaj is crossed.
At mile 40 Bir Umm Amarah.
10 LINAH .. 13 m. South-west by west.
Shortly before ar-
207 m. riving at Linah the
route descends a steep cliff about 150 feet high into the valley of
Linah, a long depression, about 10 miles broad, running north
west to south-east and sloping to the south-east. It is bounded
on the north-east by Al-Hajarah with an abrupt cliff 200 feet
high. South-west on the top of another cliff about 150 feet high
is the Naf ad.
At mile 13 LTnah ; in the vicinity there are about 300 wells
20—30 f^et deep, bored through a hard, white limestone. There
are some ruins of very ancient stone huts.
Here Route No. 12, Samawah-Efiiil, known as the Darb-
as-Salman, is crossed.
11 BIR BALAGHBI- 33 m. South-west.
f YAH. The route runs across
240 m. the Linah valley
up a steep cliff about 150 feet high on to the Naff.d, which
Consists of shallow sand on rocky strata. There are rolling sand-
dunes with their axes roughly north and south ; the interval be
tween the crests is rarely more than 1,000 yards, while the dif
ference between the elevation of the crest and the trough ranges
from 100 to 200 feet. After rains it is covered with grass, and
even in summer dry grass, acacia trees, and a bush called 'arfaj,
of which camels are very fond, are found.
At mile 33, Bir Balaghblyah, which is 157 miles from HaiL
Here Route No. 11, Nejef-Hail, is joined.
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