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It drains the Hamiratayn, or "Two Reds;" the Hamirat Surrah in the Rugham or Secondary formation, and the granitic mass Hamirat el-Nabwah, where the plutonic outbreaks begin. The latter is the most interesting. The inscriptions lie to the left of the shore road, and to the right of the pilgrim-highway; thus showing that miners, not passing travellers, have here left their mark.
The material is the Rugham or alabaster supplied by the Secondary formation; and this, as we saw, readily crumbles to a white powder when burnt. The people, who in such matters may be trusted, declare that the quarries are still open at Abu Makharir, under the hills embosoming Aba'l-Maru.
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