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No. 31.
Dizkul to Kut-ul-Amara, via Jzad Knnar.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
! Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbmarks.
through fields till at 5 hours readied camp on banks of canal, wliose water comes from tl
Karkah. There were about 150 black tents. The people had come for the harvest aft *
which they move otf to their surdsir. Sand-flies very numerous.
Sahani<
Dachah-i-abaz,
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38
u*t\cn wmiu in rait, vvrn
landing 300 yards down and at 8 to 10 yards interval: bank, 4', 5', 5',
6', 9', P', 1', ?', 4’, bank ; current 5 miles an hour ; banks 5' to 6' high.' Fairly stiff
Direction W. S. W. Passed several irrigation
canals and stony places and at If hours reached
Karkah river. Breadth of river 110 yards.
Depth taken while in raft, which went slantino
1 4i^ (3' ; 5^ 5 /^
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soil. Landing places could be easily and quickly made by a few men.
On right bank goes a road to Pul-i-Tang, passing here through a sort of half natural
half excavated, tunnel, 30 to 40 yards long. Direction west-s<»uth-west acr.-ss an om
plain. Grass dry and very scarce. At hours Daniel’s tomb, bearing 170°, can just be
seen (near Susa). At 3 hours reached small ruined ziarat Ab-i-Garizan (Ab^aman)
with 5 or 6 tombs round it. Continued along plain, the guide confessing he knew^othine
of the road. At 6 hours, coming across some grass, encamped at Sahani-Da.-hah-i-Abaz ’
I Direction W. S. W. Flat plain of Deh Luran.
A good deal of black soil. At 4f hours, stream',
| water brackish, but drinkable. A few bushes,’
J about the plain, very large thistles. At 7£ hours
stream of brackish water, a small village a long way to the right. On left plai.i ends id
low hills ; on right distant mountains.
Direction W. At 2 hours, some few remaining
ilyats encamped to gather harvest. At three
hours, another encampment near small, very
brackish stream. Feople would sell or give
nothing. Only got a little in exchange for some Seville oranges the women took a fanev
for. This place is distinguished by the zia at of Savad Akhar. Hills right keep
gradually closing up to this place, where thev are a mile to two miles away.
4
Shaikao
Ziarat
Akbab.
25
Sayad 11
63
74
Chashmi Gpmee
(Chah-i-Gumer).
22
96
Path close to foot of hills. Crossed two small
streams. Warm water highly impregnated with
sulohuretted hydrogen. Banks high. At Dilaram
met a tribe of Turkish Arabs who had leave to
Soon after still further turned into the hills, and ground
water,
come temporarily over the frontier ^
gets very broken and stony. After marching 22 miles reached stream"of "drinkable
along which cane grew thickly. Tins the animals eat freely, so we encamped there
6
Ibrahim Khatai
(Ibhahim Kotal)
17
113
Direction N. W. Itoad runs through a series
of small limestone bills with very deep ravines
between (100 to 200 deep). Saw 7 or 8 verv
... , , small patches of cultivation belonging to roving
tribes, who no doubt, will come back for the harvest. At 5£ hours small stream of escell-nt
water, on the banks of which were a few black tents. Close in and about its rather deep
nala were quantities of willow, tamarisk, oleander, and some good-sized trees which I did
not recognize.
Bank of
Shengula.
the
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139
To get to Ibrahim Kotal we had left the direct
track by going left, till a place called Pai Takht
was reached, by following the nala along a bad,
, ,, . , I, ver y U P down track for three miles. At 7
hours the country became more level. Hills on both sides, the eastern being much the
highest. Volcanic action exh.bited strongly, the layers lying at angles of from 45° to 60°,
and forming the hills. Constant warm streams met in these parts, though not quite on
the road. At 9 hours we came to water. ° H