3 hours from thence is El Hafná, with the bed of a torrent.

19 hours. Soweyder. The road from Hafná to this place is rocky, with two

ascents, difficult for camels, and wholly without water. Soweyder lies

between two mountains, and has some wells of brackish water dug in the

ground; also Doum date-trees. The road from Medina to this place is

inhabited by Mezeyne (or Omzeyne) Arabs, of the Beni Harb tribe, and by

the Heteym and Beni Safar Arabs, also of the same tribe.

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