'Routes in Arabia' [‎716] (747/852)

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R oute N o . 200— cotk M.
About o0 other transport animals could be coUeeteH r u?.i
re is a comparatively easy cart track over the 1^1 m
range by which guns could pass. It enters the hills ^
to the south of the ordinary track and winds Jbtt ^^ 6
after reaching the summit * 1111 ^ Joins
KHANAQIN .. 19 m. General
direction
94 m . north-easterly. The
past walled gardens and houses and'crossing^ canl/by'a
nassm ridge, 25 feet roadway, traverses a cultivated plain
in "ttTm'teT thC T" and " ,erCarC Signs of fl ° od
places. At 1 mile two canals are crossed in succession bv
bridge, of str o llg masonry . the road i s ,, ow?ravo) L Ce o S ; i c 0 r ^
dulating country. At 6 miles, bare low hills are entered fh*
V kdtal & ThTd St0 7. track ' a8cen ding some 150 feet gently'to a
W^ lhe descent is similar to V, miles, when, emergin /from
the hills the road crosses the stony plain, to 11 mile!. Voui
his point another range is traversed to 14 miles when a level
p ain of alluvial soil commences, bounded on all sides by low hills
lere aie vil.ages some three miles to the north-west with flocks
and wheat fields. At 17J miles a low gravel ^^^0^
w^IM ^ q,n COmeS 111 ■ Sight - At l8 ^ miIes ' crossing a stream'
walled gardens are reached, passing between which stonv streets
0 T , . h ' rapid Stream ° f the
crossed at J J miles. The river bed is 100 yards wide and the
ridge is solid brick and stone ; road-way 25 feet The stream
' •" f0rd0ble - -"ua Jon both
ftnH nv ®f a na o ngst gardens, and possesses a telegraph
aS aS° i^drv throa 'good arrdpa^K
wLl be Zt ^ r; the fir8t four milos fro 'n QM Robat
whee s no wlftr hcaVy and ^Practicable for
neels, no water or supphes in the centre 10 miles of road
or 30 She "f ' T atCr ab . Undant - Xo
30 other transport animals could be collected daily.