216 John Hogg, Esq., on the Geography and 
low country to their mountains. In this elevated range,— 
and many of the hills are 6000 feet in height,—they possess 
abundance of water, and a never-failing supply of herbage. 
Several of the valleys also have extensive date groves and 
fields of dhurrah (Sorghum vulgare) cultivated by slaves.” 
This mountain range, more in the interior, is of granite, 
and beyond that again, according to Russegger, the secondary 
or older sandstone returns. The same traveller likewise 
considers the district along the coast, from near Ain Uneh, 
many miles to the south, and below the granite chain, as being 
of the same /ertiary formation of sandstone and oldest di/u- 
vium, as that in the north-west, a part of the Isthmus of 
Suez, which borders on the great desert El Tyh. Portions, 
nevertheless, close to the sea-shore are of a more recent 
nature, such as gravel, sand, coral, broken shells, and other 
marine substances. Several Wadis open out upon this lower 
land, and lead to the interior. 
The last station of any note on the coast here, is Moweilih, or 
Mowilah, or Moileh, very probably the “Phcenicum’’ of antiquity; 
but it has no harbour protected against the north winds. The 
castle, built with coral rocks and cemented with mortar, is 
chiefly used for the deposit of corn. Many huts and some 
rude houses are situate amongst the date plantation surround- 
ing the castle. Grapes, melons, and other fruits, as well as 
plenty of vegetables, are grown in some adjacent gardens. 
Moweilih, signifying in Arabic “ salt places,” was most likely 
so named from its position on the sea-beach: yet the water 
is good, and is contained in wells lined with stone. The 
ground rises gradually for about seven miles, afterwards 
steep hills of considerable height succeed ; some of these ex- 
hibit peaks of remarkable forms. The highest behind, or to 
the east of the town (Moweilih High Peak) rises to an alti- 
tude of 6500 feet above the sea-level. and 
Thirdly, Crossing the Red Sea in a north-west direction, 
and entering the Gulf or Sea of d4kaba,—called by the Arabs 
* Bahr-el-Akaba,’’ and by the ancient geographers Kéasos 
*EAavirns, Sinus Allanites or Ailaniticus, from ’AcAd, or Aila, 
fila, or Alana, a town formerly situated at. its upper or 
north-east extremity, and by the Septuagint translators 
‘Eoxarn bédacow,—through the Strait of Tiran the gulf has the _ 
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