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),  wells.
32.  (5)  Biar  el  Hedjar
88.  (6)  Set  Zebeyde  (),  a  ruined  village  with  a  large  Birket.
34.  (7)  El  Makhrouka  (45,),  wells.
35.  (8)  Wady  Leimoun  (go,),  a  village  with  a  rivulet.
36.  (9)  Byr  el  Baghle  (alé.  p),  wells.
37.  (10)  Mekke  (4o).
The  western  road,  or  as  it  is  likewise  called,  the  great  road  (alll),  is  the  more
usual,  but  Djezzar  always  used  to  take  the  other.  The  first  station  from  Medine  on  this
route  is  :
28.  (1)  Biar  Aly  (e),  a  villagewith  wells  and  gardens.
29.  (2)  El  Shohada  ),  a  spot  in  the  plain,  without  any  water.
30.  (3)  Djedeyde),  and  at  a  short  distance  before  it  the  well  called  Byr  Dzat  el
Aalem).  Djedeyde  is  a  considerable  village  on  the  sides  of  a  rivulet.  The
Sheikh  of  the  western  route  lives  here  ().  The  year  before  the  last  Hadj  caravan ¬
  effected  its  passage,  Abdullah  Pasha  of  Damascus  was  attacked  in  a  Wady  near  Djedeyde
by  the  armed  population  of  that  village,  who  were  Wahabi.  They  routed  his  army,  and
obliged  him  to  pay  forty  thousand  dollars  for  his  passage.  From  Djedeyde  the  route  leads
through  the  villages  of  Esszafra  (,él),  and  El  Hamra  (),  to  the  second  station,  which
is  ;
31.  (4)  The  famous  Beder  (4,),  where  Mohammed  laid  the  foundation  of  his  power
by  his  victory  over  his  combined  enemies.  It  contains  upwards  of  five  hundred  houses,
with  a  rivulet.  The  Egyptian  pilgrim  caravan  generally  meets  here  the  Syrian.
32.  (5)  El  Kaa  (gläl),  a  spot  in  the  desert  without  any  water.  From  thence  a  long
march  to
33.  (6)  El  Akdyd),  which  is  twenty-eight  hours  distant  from  Beder.
34.  (7)  Rabagh  ()),  a  village.  Between  Rabagh  and  Khalysz,  the  Red  sea  is  seen  from
the  Hadj  route.  There  are  Wadys  coming  from  the  Red  sea,  which  in  times  of  high  flood
are  filled  with  the  sea  water;  it  remains  sometimes  during  the  whole  summer,  at  a  distance ¬
  of  six  and  seven  hours  from  the  sea.  The  water  brings  with  it  a  large  quantity  of
fish.  The  camels  and  horses  drink  the  water  of  these  Wadys.
35.  (8)  Khalysz  (),  a  village  with  a  rivulet.
36.  (9)  El  Szafan  (),  two  wells.
37.  (10)  Wady  Fatme  (aabli  o,),  a  rivulet,  with  a  village  and  gardens.
38.  Mekke.