'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎35] (200/524)

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IQ. Tracking from the Huffar up the canoe channel towards
Dorack, you can easily see the sails of boats passing up the Karoon.
But on reaching Dorack, the Karoon is distant some nine fursacs•
The Jerahee, at the sluices, and for the few miles I passed further up
it, has a mid-channel of 8 feet in depth ; gently curving, and well
defined banks, irregularly fringed with date trees ; and showing on
either hand a well farmed breadth of land, with cattle and horses ; the
lower lands on the right bank over towards the Karoon line are
in rice.
11. Bunder Mashoor is a sea port of the Chaabs, and distant from
Dorack from 30 to 40 miles in an E8E. direction. And an irregu
larly curved line, passing a little within Mashoor, through a point a
little lower down the canoe canal than Dorack, and so rounding to the
left bank of the Karoon, would, during the winter or inundatory season,
trace the blending of the grassy plain with swamp or flooded land.
Indeed, as you pass up the Dorack canoe channel, your horizon
is bounded by Hooded land, whether you look towards the Karoon or
towards Mashoor and the Gulf line. It seems that the towns in fact
have been built on the margin of the flood, and it is needless to add, that
as the water subsides, these towns and the pasture lands so opened up
to the wandering tribes are poisoned by malaria-
12. Still riding in a general ESE. direction from Bunder Ma
shoor to Hindeean (being the sea town on the river of that name),
you are on the same vast green plain ; here rough with low brushwood,
there dotted with the tents and flocks of the Arabs. This year, the
rain being umisally scant, the grass was short; fit indeed for sheep, but
not for cattle. I was informed however, that in ordinary seasons the
grass is above a horse’s knees. Barley was to be bought. But the
straw of last year being exhausted, and that of this season not yet cut,
I was hard pushed to find it anywhere in the Chaab country, and
held myself fortunate to collect some of inferior quality at Dorack, and
carry it not only to the Hindeean but to Bunder Dillum.
13. Hindeean is one of two entrepots (the other being Dillum) for
the Behbehan line of trade. At the town of Hindeean the river is
unfordable ; I found no ferry-boat, and was lucky in getting my bag
gage across in a chance bugla Large trading vessel. lying in the river. The Hindeean is
navigable for light boats and canoes to within a short distance of