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113 WADY EL 'AREIJEH. 113

The northern road passes over the western side of Eas esh Shukf, with the hill of Jafet ed Duwa'arah further west, and crosses the Wady esh Shukf, to its northern waterparting at the head of Dr. Tristram's Wady Marjari. Further north it enters the Husasah basin, crosses its gorge at Bir el Mun- kushiyeh and soon passes over the waterparting and descends into the gorges of Wady ed Derajeh.

The Basin of Wady el 'Areijeh.

The northern boundary has been traced in connection with the basins of ed Derajeh and Husasah, up to the head of Wady Mukeiberah in the latter basin. Thence it proceeds southward, eastward, and south-eastward, along a range of hills dividing Wady el Kelb and 'Areijeh, from the small basins of Shukf and Sideir, and terminating at Nubk 'Ain Jidy.

The western boundary begins on the north, at a point on the main road between el Khudr and Beit Ummar, west of Khurbet Beit Sawir. It passes westward by Ballatet el Yerzeh (alt. 3,167 feet), towards the village of Safa where the waterparting follows a track running due south to Beit Ummar (alt. 3,010 feet).

It continues along the road till a track turns off on the south-west which it follows to Beit Sur, and then proceeds along a ridge to the high-road on the west of Hulhul, and terminates at Siret el Bella'a (alt. 3,370 feet).

The western boundary of el 'Areijeh basin is conterminous with the heads of the valleys descending to Wady es Sunt in the northern part of the basin of Sukereir, which falls into the Mediterranean on the north of Ashdod.

The southern waterparting of el 'Areijeh, commencing at Siret el Bella'a, passes eastward for about two miles, and then turns south-eastward by Kh. el Addeiseh and Bir el Jeradat to the village of Beni N'aim (alt. 3,120 feet). Hence it pro- ceeds by a long ridge south-eastward between Wady el Kuryeh and Wady Umm el 'Ausej to Kod Ghanaim, Hurubbet Umm el Kuleib, Khashm-Sufra-es-Sana, and the