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a well close by, water in it is ! 2 feet from the surface and about 2 feet deep, was
very dirty, but if cleaned out a few times would probably be good for drinking ;
the track still continues in a south-west direction over the daman.
At the 158th mile Padag camping ground is reached ; there is a levy thana post
here situated a little to the north of a small hill called ‘ Padag post the water-
supply here from 2 wells is good.
From Padag the track continues south-west, and for the first time enters
Padag to Yadgar, 24 miles. the region of sand-hills. The sand along
. this route will be a serious difficultv for a
Telegraph line, and would probably give trouble for construction as well as for
efficient maintenance afterwards. At this particular place immediately west of
Padag the line can with advantage be taken about 2 miles south of the track or
trade route wffiere firm soil will be met wnth. A glance at the accompanying m ip,
sheets Nos. 22-N. W. and 22-S. YV., will show roughly the suggested deviation ;
the dotted lines in red represent the trade route.
At 6 miles west of Padag the sand hills cease ; 6 to 13 miles the track is
over a pat plain with surface of sand ; at the 13th mile a belt of sand-hills about ^
of a mile wide is crossed ; posts here ubll require medium foundations of stoned
a description of stone foundations is referred to in paragraph 7 of this report •
13 to 23 miles over soft soil, mostly pat and sand ; 23 to 24 miles through sand
hills, medium stone foundations for posts required here. At the 182nd mile from
Quetta is Yadgar; there is a levy post here and the water-supply from 4 wells is
good ; the camping ground is a pat plain, 2,000 yards long and r,5oo yards wide,
surrounded by sand-hills varying in height from 30 to 200 feet high.
From \adgar the track leads south-west ; first mile through sand; 2 to 6
Yadgar to Karodaic. miles over level pat with 3 narrow belts
• vr 1 rm u 1. sanc ^ be crossed; at the 6th mile
ts Nok Chah where 5 wells are sunk in a small pat plain surrounded by
sand-hills; the water in these wells was 25 feet from the surface and
^uld probably befit for dunking if the wells were cleaned out.
At the 7th mile a belt of heavy sand about J mile wide is crossed ; 8th mile
over sand pat, 9 th to ,6th mdes the track is almost due west and over pat plain
with belts of sand-hdls to be cessed at every mile. At 199 miles from Quetta
is Karodak camping ground ; the supply of water here from one well is~fairlv
good; a mud hut in which a chowkidar lives marks the place. ^
From Karodak the track leads almost due west, and for the first mile leads
Karoda* to Daibandin. through low sand-hills ; 2 to 8 miles mostly
, over pat with a few small belts of at
intervals ; at the 8th mile the dry bed of the nala Lagap is crossed, width about
so^KandyYgravdiy P ‘ nS banks on either side i 8 > 4 miles over level plain,
At the v 13th mile from Quetta, Dalbandin is reached ; there is a comparatively
large levy Thana here but no v.llage of any sort ; the water-supply from a small
open stream is plentiful and good. ^ ;
From Dalbandin the track leads almost
Dalbandin to Juzaki.
due west; for first 5 miles over
sandy gravelly plain, then along the base
•, J 11 f • o M ran £ e l ow hills for 4 miles; at the 10th
m,le crosses dry bed of r.ver Sorgrl, width .00 yards, banks about 20 feet hi‘h
one.ther side; for the last 20 miles of this march the course is almost due weft
and the track continues on over undulating stony ground. In Statement n
attached to Estimate Part I, is given a list ot rivers met wuth and the c'ass of
pos-s and wire estimated for crossing them ; 4 of these are between Dalbandin and
Juzaki, ty., at 13th mile Sondur ; at 14th mile Kahni (in litis nala are 2 veils which
contained some stale water and if cleaned out would probably give some fit for
drinking) ; at the22nd mile Soran nala; at the 26th mile Dandand nala; all these
n vers or nalas, as well as the remainder mentioned in Statement D were ’perfectly
dry during the time of my tour in the country, some showed signs of waterflow’ the