""ج/١ المجلد IV مسائل متنوعة" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٧] (٦٣٢/٤٢٢)

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are twelve feet deep and yield passable water.
hXbah.
ilQ = a.lies.
■Uie route now nme south-west by south*
first crosses a low range Q f hills,
tjid later a semi-circular range known ae
Bhila’ al-Kibrlt In the Shaqq. This latter le a long shallow
valley, perhaps a hundred miles Ifcng from north to south
grouiid ih broken , strewn with pebbles, ana diversified with ^
mounds ox ei-rth and sandstone* For the last 4b to 5q miles V
the track runs through the ^umuian district, which is at fi*B t
hi3.l8, through which run shallow winding valleys. Further on
t*he hills become more entangled. The actual wells of Habah,
wltich are only two in number and yield good water at about
1SH feet, are surrounded by atony hills which form a sort of
amphitheatre.
fcumnuui tne country becomes more open# the valleys, broad and
flat-bottomed, run aim >at north and southi v4\ile tne hills,
low and level, are frequently ribanded near tlieir bases wifci
brlok-colour, or, when their form is conical, exhibit brick
red i A their summits. A barren glaring tract follows, and i s
followed by a second labyrinth of valleys* Near its western
limit the Surman gradually opens into undulating plains, with
outcrops of sandstone, ^iich end abruptly ft the barrier of
the Dahanah* The Dahanah desert is here a little over fifty
miles across. It consists of seven great sand ridges, with
similar intermediate ones, separated from each other by plains
more bare, wit h
sandstone in some places and patches of shingle m others.
Always ascending slightly the track enters the district of
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Wurai* ah, the surface of which is
very Irregular - the
a confuse
d region of earthy mounds and flat-topped sands tore
KAFAR AU-^UOCo
ltd ^ 27‘j miles,*
The track now runs south-west by south. It
continues through the bumiaSn tract for
about forty miles. In this portion of the