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Lasba) to about mile 2 where the bed of W ^'f
is entered and ascended. It is a broad wu<h ^ th a ^
tinuous strip of cultivation 200 to 400 yards broad on either
bank and enclosed by steep lulls. About mUe 4 a good stream.
Plifl.il Funkur appears in the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and Hows foi hali a mile.
No appreciable effect was produced by -teriug 400 anu^aU.
There is camping ground on a plateau on the a .4
above The stream. Karbi plentiful and local supphes m small
■•"Trom mile «to mile 61 the hills on the right bank recede from
I milf to a mile forming a stony plateau. At mile o, a well,
Hiswat (Hisi) Saif, is passed on the left bank opposite two ham-
Sr The t i^thon takes a short cut over a sharp bend o£ the
Sat About mile 61 a hamlet. Nobat Saif. is passed. At mde
7^ is DSr-as-Suq and at mile 8^ Qariat-ar-Rayyis {ouc v. e ).
^"Alou^ai^tenyUttle pass is now ascended,
is
descended eastwards to where it joins the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bitan, on the
ngh On a plateau above the left bank staads DJr Talib, a solid
stone tower. Opposite to tower is a well, Bir Ibrahim, 3 ^
meter and 6' deep. There is another tower and a well 1 mil
further up the BiL. There is a good spring in ^ky Pools m a
^trackTnns down the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bitan to its junctkm w^h the
Timnan, and thence to Am-Shatt. (Route iso. 120, stage 2.)
o MTTnARTRA m. The track follows the
2 MUDARIBA .. ^ valley> wliich
is enclosed to the north-
past bv the long ridge of Jabal Hawab, and to the south -west by
Te rocky and abrupt Jabal Ahmad. The bed of the wad.
is commanded throughout. At rare intervals are strips of cult -
vation on the banks. A tiring march for " a bout
About mile 1 a ravine, Sha'b Dumai, joins the left bank. A wu
a mile up this ravine there is a good spring hllmg several rocky