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furthermore, he shows Jabal Hafit as an isolated mountain and in its correct proportions in the paper on his journey contributed to the R.A.S. yournal of Bengal, vol. 46, p. 41, 1875-76. 1902. Dr. Zwemer, in the Geografiphical yournal for January 1902, p. 62, writes: On Tuesday we reach the oasis of Beraimi, a 4-mile stretch of fertile palm country under the shadow of Jebel Hafid, the first spur of the Okdat Range. It seems, after careful inquiry from several Arabs, that the true name or at least a second name for this mountain range is Jebel Okabat. The first name signifies 'knots,' the latter 'deep defiles': both names are appcopriate to the rugged outline of the range as seen from the desert. . . . Beyond Beraimi, the road along the yebel Okdat range pbasses the following villages: Hafid, Senanah, El Felai, Dank (or Danj) Jabil, Subaihi, Mamur, Abri. ... I think it may be fairly deduced from the above, and from my personal observation and notes, on my way from Baraimi to Ibri, that while the expression Jabal Okdat may well be used by local Arabs synonymously for Jabal Hafit, there is without doubt, no continuous mountain range in the locality in question other than that referred to by Colonel Miles and myself as Jabal Hafit, a feature starting 5 or 6 miles outside Baraimi and stretching for 20 miles southwards, Wellsted went off the line in the first instance, and apparently Palgrave, Badger's cartographer, and Zwemer followed him. P. Z. C.
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