"ملف ‎٣/ ٤ كُتُب إلخ: الطرق في عُمان" [و‎‎٩] (٧٢/١٧)

ROUTE.
.From LIAHOT.
205 miles.
To MUTI.
12 stages-.
Authorities, Lieut. J.R.Wellsted. Indian TIavy. December, 1838.
Eieut.Colonel S.B.Liles. December, 1885.
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.
General description.
This is a camel caravan route.Very little is known of stages
1 to 9, as they have never been traversed by an European.
From ’Adam (stage 9) onwards the journey has been done by
Liles.
At stages 9,11,and 12 water , fuel, fodder, and supplies
are abundant. At all other stages there is probably water
and possibly grazing.
Numbers of livestock etc. are those existant in 1908.
Mahot is an island village in the Gulf of Masirah, and is
situated 2 or 3 miles from the mainland, to which one can
cross at low tide. Water is brought from wells under a low
on
hill on the mainland 4 miles to the north.There is no vegetati
except mangroves. The village consists of about 50 huts of
mangrove boughs; there are 10 camels, 10 donkeys, 20 cattle ,
and 30 sheep; also some 20 small fishing boats.
’ADAM. 150 miles. The route runs for about 45 miles up the
7/adi Halfain, which enters the sea a little east of Lahot.
Thence it follows the Wadi Kalbuh, a tributary joining the Jf0
Wadi Halfain on its west bank, till quite close to ’Adam.
This is a route much followed by ocaravans as it is well
supplied with herbage, and is seldom without water.There
are some 30 recognizedhalting places en route.Caravans
between ’Adam and the sea take 8 to 10 days. In time of
flood water flows in the jtfwadibed as far as the sea.
’Adam is a large town of some 3000 inhabitants. The water
supply is from three falja. There is a large fortress, which